brilliant

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• /ˈbɹɪl.jənt/
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• Australian, colloquial: /ˈbɹɪ(l)jənt/
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Borrowed from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”). By surface analysis, French brill(er) + -i- + -ant.

217 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: باهِر (bāhir) — shining brightly
• Belarusian: бліску́чы (bliskúčy) — shining brightly
• Central Bikol: maliwanag — shining brightly
• Central Bikol: malaad — shining brightly
• Bulgarian: ярък (jarǎk) — shining brightly
• Bulgarian: блестящ (blestjašt) — shining brightly
• Catalan: brillant — shining brightly
• Czech: zářivý — shining brightly
• Dutch: stralend — shining brightly
• Esperanto: brila — shining brightly
• Esperanto: brilaj — shining brightly
• Finnish: loistava — shining brightly
• Finnish: säteilevä — shining brightly
• French: brillant — shining brightly
• Galician: brillante — shining brightly
• German: strahlend — shining brightly
• Hebrew: מבריק (mavrik) — shining brightly
• Hindi: चमकीला (camkīlā) — shining brightly
• Irish: án — shining brightly
• Irish: lonrach — shining brightly
• Old Irish: gríanmar — shining brightly
• Italian: brillante — shining brightly
• Italian: splendente — shining brightly
• Italian: luccicante — shining brightly
• Italian: sgargiante — shining brightly
• Italian: lucente — shining brightly
• Latin: lūculentus — shining brightly
• Māori: koea — shining brightly
• Māori: wheriko — shining brightly
• Norwegian: lysende — shining brightly
• Norwegian: strålende — shining brightly
• Persian: لیان (liyân) — shining brightly
• Persian: درخشان (deraxšân) — shining brightly
• Persian: تابان (tâbân) — shining brightly
• Polish: błyszczący — shining brightly
• Portuguese: brilhante — shining brightly
• Russian: блестя́щий (blestjáščij) — shining brightly
• Russian: сверка́ющий (sverkájuščij) — shining brightly
• Russian: я́ркий (járkij) — shining brightly
• Spanish: brillante — shining brightly
• Swedish: lysande — shining brightly
• Swedish: glänsande — shining brightly
• Swedish: gnistrande — shining brightly
• Swedish: strålande — shining brightly
• Tocharian B: lakutse — shining brightly
• Ottoman Turkish: نورانی (nurani) — shining brightly
• Ottoman Turkish: ایشق (ışık) — shining brightly
• Ukrainian: блиску́чий (blyskúčyj) — shining brightly
• Volapük: nidik — shining brightly
• Welsh: gloyw — shining brightly
• Bulgarian: искрящ (iskrjašt) — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Catalan: brillant — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Finnish: loistava — of a colour: both light and saturated
• French: brillant — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Galician: brillante — of a colour: both light and saturated
• German: strahlend — of a colour: both light and saturated
• German: brillant — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Hindi: चमकीला (camkīlā) — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Italian: brillante — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Norwegian: strålende — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Portuguese: brilhante — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Russian: блестя́щий (blestjáščij) — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Russian: со́чный (sóčnyj) — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Spanish: brillante — of a colour: both light and saturated
• Catalan: clar — of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone
• Finnish: kirkas — of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone
• French: brillant — of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone
• Galician: claro — of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone
• German: brillant — of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone
• Italian: squillante — of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone
• Norwegian: klar — of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone
• Portuguese: claro — of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone
• Russian: хруста́льный (xrustálʹnyj) — of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone
• Armenian: փայլուն (pʻaylun) — of surpassing excellence
• Azerbaijani: əla — of surpassing excellence
• Azerbaijani: parlaq — of surpassing excellence
• Bulgarian: блестящ (blestjašt) — of surpassing excellence
• Catalan: brillant — of surpassing excellence
• Czech: brilantní — of surpassing excellence
• Czech: skvělý — of surpassing excellence
• Dutch: briljant — of surpassing excellence
• Dutch: meesterlijk — of surpassing excellence
• Dutch: virtuoos — of surpassing excellence
• Esperanto: brila — of surpassing excellence
• Esperanto: brilaj — of surpassing excellence
• Finnish: loistava — of surpassing excellence
• French: brillant — of surpassing excellence
• Galician: brillante — of surpassing excellence
• German: brillant — of surpassing excellence
• Hindi: प्रतिभाशाली (pratibhāśālī) — of surpassing excellence
• Hindi: प्रतिभावान (pratibhāvān) — of surpassing excellence
• Hungarian: briliáns — of surpassing excellence
• Italian: brillante — of surpassing excellence
• Italian: fantastico — of surpassing excellence
• Italian: superlativo — of surpassing excellence
• Latin: lūculentus — of surpassing excellence
• Latvian: spožs — of surpassing excellence
• Latvian: spilgts — of surpassing excellence
• Latvian: izcils — of surpassing excellence
• Norwegian: enestående — of surpassing excellence
• Norwegian: genial — of surpassing excellence
• Polish: znakomity — of surpassing excellence
• Polish: świetny — of surpassing excellence
• Polish: błyskotliwy — of surpassing excellence
• Polish: błyskotny — of surpassing excellence
• Portuguese: brilhante — of surpassing excellence
• Punjabi: وَدّھِیا (vaddhīyā) — of surpassing excellence
• Russian: блестя́щий (blestjáščij) — of surpassing excellence
• Russian: блиста́тельный (blistátelʹnyj) — of surpassing excellence
• Scottish Gaelic: sgoinneil — of surpassing excellence
• Spanish: brillante — of surpassing excellence
• Swedish: mästerlig — of surpassing excellence
• Swedish: virtuosmässig — of surpassing excellence
• Armenian: փայլուն (pʻaylun) — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Azerbaijani: möhtəşəm — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Bulgarian: великолепен (velikolepen) — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Catalan: brillant — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Dutch: briljant — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Dutch: schitterend — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Esperanto: brila — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Esperanto: brilaj — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Finnish: loistava — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• French: brillant — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Galician: brillante — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• German: brillant — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Italian: brillante — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Italian: eccezionale — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Italian: meraviglioso — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Latvian: spožs — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Latvian: spilgts — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Latvian: izcils — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Norwegian: enestående — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Norwegian: storslagen — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Norwegian Bokmål: glimrende — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Portuguese: brilhante — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Russian: блестя́щий (blestjáščij) — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Russian: великоле́пный (velikolépnyj) — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgoinneil — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Spanish: brillante — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Swedish: briljant — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Swedish: lysande — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Swedish: strålande — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Swedish: storslagen — magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
• Armenian: փայլուն (pʻaylun) — highly intelligent
• Belarusian: бліску́чы (bliskúčy) — highly intelligent
• Central Bikol: madunong — highly intelligent
• Central Bikol: matali — highly intelligent
• Catalan: brillant — highly intelligent
• Dutch: briljant — highly intelligent
• Dutch: geniaal — highly intelligent
• Esperanto: brila — highly intelligent
• Esperanto: brilaj — highly intelligent
• Finnish: nerokas — highly intelligent
• French: brillant — highly intelligent
• Galician: brillante — highly intelligent
• German: genial — highly intelligent
• German: brillant — highly intelligent
• Hebrew: מבריק (mavrik) — highly intelligent
• Hindi: मेधावी (medhāvī) — highly intelligent
• Indonesian: brilian — highly intelligent
• Italian: brillante — highly intelligent
• Italian: geniale — highly intelligent
• Italian: talentuoso — highly intelligent
• Italian: di successo — highly intelligent
• Latvian: izcils — highly intelligent
• Manx: ard-inçhynagh — highly intelligent
• Norwegian: enestående — highly intelligent
• Norwegian: genial — highly intelligent
• Polish: genialny — highly intelligent
• Polish: błyskotliwy — highly intelligent
• Polish: błyskotny — highly intelligent
• Portuguese: brilhante — highly intelligent
• Russian: блестя́щий (blestjáščij) — highly intelligent
• Spanish: brillante — highly intelligent
• Swedish: briljant — highly intelligent
• Swedish: genialisk — highly intelligent
• Swedish: högt begåvad — highly intelligent
• Ukrainian: блиску́чий (blyskúčyj) — highly intelligent
• Vietnamese: thiên tài — highly intelligent
• Azerbaijani: brilyant — cut gemstone
• Belarusian: брыльля́нт (brylʹljánt) — cut gemstone
• Belarusian: брылья́нт (brylʹjánt) — cut gemstone
• Bulgarian: брилянт (briljant) — cut gemstone
• Dutch: briljant — cut gemstone
• Esperanto: brilianto — cut gemstone
• Finnish: briljantti — cut gemstone
• Galician: brillante — cut gemstone
• Georgian: ბრილიანტი (brilianṭi) — cut gemstone
• German: Brillant — cut gemstone
• Greek: μπριγιάν (brigián) — cut gemstone
• Hungarian: briliáns — cut gemstone
• Indonesian: berlian — cut gemstone
• Italian: brillante — cut gemstone
• Italian: gemma — cut gemstone
• Italian: pietra preziosa — cut gemstone
• Kazakh: гауһар (gauhar) — cut gemstone
• Kazakh: жауһар (jauhar) — cut gemstone
• Malay: berlian — cut gemstone
• Central Melanau: belian — cut gemstone
• Persian: برلیان (brelyân) — cut gemstone
• Portuguese: brilhante — cut gemstone
• Russian: бриллиа́нт (brilliánt) — cut gemstone
• Russian: брилья́нт (brilʹjánt) — cut gemstone
• Swedish: briljant — cut gemstone
• Turkish: pırlanta — cut gemstone
• Ukrainian: брилья́нт (brylʹjánt) — cut gemstone
• Dutch: diamant — 4-point type
• Dutch: robijn — 4-point type
• Dutch: halve petit — 4-point type
• Finnish: neljän pisteen fontti — 4-point type
• French: perle — 4-point type
• German: Diamant — 4-point type
• Italian: perla — 4-point type
• Spanish: perla — 4-point type
• Catalan: colibrí diamant — hummingbird of the genus Heliodoxa
• Finnish: säihkykolibri — hummingbird of the genus Heliodoxa
• French: brillant — hummingbird of the genus Heliodoxa