brillant
Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editbrillant m or f (masculine and feminine plural brillants)
Derived terms
editVerb
editbrillant
Further reading
edit- “brillant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom French brillant, from the past participle of briller (“to shine, glow”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrillant c (singular definite brillanten, plural indefinite brillanter)
- brilliant (finely cut diamond)
Inflection
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | brillant | brillanten | brillanter | brillanterne |
genitive | brillants | brillantens | brillanters | brillanternes |
Adjective
editbrillant
- (rare) brilliant (shining brightly)
- brilliant (surpassing excellence)
- brilliant (magnificent or wonderful)
- Synonyms: fremragende, strålende
Inflection
editpositive | comparative | superlative | |
---|---|---|---|
indefinite common singular | brillant | — | —2 |
indefinite neuter singular | brillant | — | —2 |
plural | brillante | — | —2 |
definite attributive1 | brillante | — | — |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Further reading
edit- brillant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Brillant (ædelsten) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
editEtymology
editPresent participle of briller (“to shine”)
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbrillant (feminine brillante, masculine plural brillants, feminine plural brillantes)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editParticiple
editbrillant
Further reading
edit- “brillant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French brillant.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbrillant (strong nominative masculine singular brillanter, comparative brillanter, superlative am brillantesten)
Usage notes
edit- Generally implies a very extraordinary degree of cleverness or skill, being even stronger than genial or fantastisch. Thus used more reluctantly than in American English and much more reluctantly than in British English.
Declension
editFurther reading
editMaltese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian brillante.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrillant m (plural brillanti)
- brilliant (cut gemstone)
Related terms
editNorman
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
editbrillant m
- Catalan terms suffixed with -ant
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/ant
- Rhymes:Catalan/ant/2 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
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- Catalan epicene adjectives
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan gerunds
- Danish terms borrowed from French
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- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Danish adjectives
- Danish terms with rare senses
- French 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:French/jɑ̃
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- French present participles
- German terms borrowed from French
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- German lemmas
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- Maltese terms borrowed from Italian
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