briljant

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brillant, from Middle French .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɪlˈjɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: bril‧jant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

briljant (comparative briljanter, superlative briljantst)

  1. brilliant (genius, excellent)
  2. (rare) brilliant (luminous, shining)

Declension

Declension of briljant
uninflected briljant
inflected briljante
comparative briljanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial briljant briljanter het briljantst
het briljantste
indefinite m./f. sing. briljante briljantere briljantste
n. sing. briljant briljanter briljantste
plural briljante briljantere briljantste
definite briljante briljantere briljantste
partitive briljants briljanters —

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: briljant
  • → Indonesian: brilian
  • → Papiamentu: briljant (dated)
  • → West Frisian: briljant

Noun

briljant m (plural briljanten, diminutive briljantje n)

  1. brilliant (finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond)

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brillant. Doublet of beryll and brillor.

Adjective

briljant (comparative briljantare, superlative briljantast)

  1. brilliant

Declension

Inflection of briljant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular briljant briljantare briljantast
Neuter singular briljant briljantare briljantast
Plural briljanta briljantare briljantast
Masculine plural3 briljante briljantare briljantast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 briljante briljantare briljantaste
All briljanta briljantare briljantaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Noun

briljant c

  1. brilliant (diamond cut in a particular form)

Declension

Declension of briljant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative briljant briljanten briljanter briljanterna
Genitive briljants briljantens briljanters briljanternas

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