brilliant

Etymology
(late 17th century), present participle of the verb, from , possibly from , , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Shining brightly.
 * 2)  Both bright and saturated.
 * 3)  Having a sharp, clear tone.
 * 4)  Of surpassing excellence.
 * 5)  Magnificent or wonderful.
 * 6) Highly intelligent.
 * 1)  Magnificent or wonderful.
 * 2) Highly intelligent.
 * 1) Highly intelligent.

Synonyms

 * ,, , (obsolete except in UK usage)
 * ,, , /marvelous, splendid, wonderful (obsolete except in UK usage)
 * See also Thesaurus:intelligent
 * ,, , (obsolete except in UK usage)
 * ,, , /marvelous, splendid, wonderful (obsolete except in UK usage)
 * See also Thesaurus:intelligent
 * See also Thesaurus:intelligent

Translations

 * Belarusian: бліску́чы
 * Bikol Central: maliwanag, malaad
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: brila, brilaj
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מבריק
 * Irish:, lonrach
 * Old Irish: gríanmar
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Latin:
 * Maori: koea
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Ottoman Turkish: نورانی, ایشق
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tocharian B: lakᵤtse
 * Ukrainian:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: brilantní,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: brila, brilaj
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: spožs, spilgts, izcils
 * Norwegian: enestående, genial
 * Polish:, , , błyskotny
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: وَدّھِیا
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgoinneil
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: brila, brilaj
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latvian: spožs, spilgts, izcils
 * Norwegian: enestående,
 * Bokmål: glimrende
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgoinneil
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ,


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: бліску́чы
 * Bikol Central:, matali
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: brila, brilaj
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: מבריק
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, , , di successo
 * Latvian: izcils
 * Manx: ard-inçhynagh
 * Norwegian: enestående, genial
 * Polish:, , błyskotny
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * Mandarin:, , (chán làn)
 * Mandarin:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Mandarin: ,

Noun

 * 1) A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.
 * 2)   The size of type between  and, standardized as 4-point.
 * 3) Most hummingbird species of the genus.
 * 4) A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
 * 1)   The size of type between  and, standardized as 4-point.
 * 2) Most hummingbird species of the genus.
 * 3) A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: брыльля́нт, брылья́нт
 * Bulgarian:
 * Central Melanau: belian
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: brilianto
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბრილიანტი
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, , pietra preziosa
 * Kazakh: гауһар, жауһар
 * Malay:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Dutch:, , halve petit
 * Finnish: neljän pisteen fontti
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: colibrí diamant
 * Finnish: säihkykolibri
 * French:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) brilliant.