brillante

Asturian

Etymology

From brillar +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾiˈʎante/ [bɾiˈʎãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: bri‧llan‧te

Adjective

brillante (epicene, plural brillantes)

  1. brilliant, shining, glowing
    Synonyms: brillosu, rellumante, rescamplante

Danish

Adjective

brillante

  1. inflection of brillant:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

brillante

  1. feminine singular of brillant

Galician

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾiˈɟante/ [bɾiˈɟan̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: bri‧llan‧te

Adjective

brillante m or f (plural brillantes)

  1. brilliant

Derived terms

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

brillante

  1. inflection of brillant:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Participle

brillante

  1. present participle of brillar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brilˈlan.te/
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  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: bril‧làn‧te

Adjective

brillante m or f (plural brillanti, superlative brillantissimo)

  1. bright, brilliant

Noun

brillante m (plural brillanti)

  1. a diamond
    Synonym: diamante

Participle

brillante m or f (plural brillanti)

  1. present participle of brillare

Descendants

  • Maltese: brillanti, brillant

Norman

Adjective

brillante

  1. feminine singular of brillant

Spanish

Etymology

From brillar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˈʝante/ [bɾiˈʝãn̪.t̪e] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˈʎante/ [bɾiˈʎãn̪.t̪e] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˈʃante/ [bɾiˈʃãn̪.t̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /bɾiˈʒante/ [bɾiˈʒãn̪.t̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: bri‧llan‧te

Adjective

brillante m or f (masculine and feminine plural brillantes)

  1. bright, brilliant, lustrous, shiny, glowing, sparkly, glittering, glossy
    Synonyms: deslumbrante, luminoso, lustroso, radiante, reluciente, resplandeciente
  2. excellent, outstanding, exemplary, scintillating
    Synonyms: distinguido, espléndido, excelente, fenomenal, ilustre, sobresaliente

Noun

brillante m (plural brillantes)

  1. diamond
    Synonyms: diamante, gema, joya
    Bien, tal vez finalmente le comprará ese brillante ahora que de hecho tiene dinero.
    Well, perhaps he'll finally buy you that diamond now that he actually has money.

Derived terms

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