brilliance

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brilliance

Etymology

Borrowed from French brillance.

Pronunciation

enPR: brĭlyəns
IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪljən(t)s/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

brilliance (usually uncountable, plural brilliances)

The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).
The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
(chiefly British) Magnificence; resplendence.
What brilliance it took from Harry Kane to control the cross and place the ball into the top corner.

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Translations

The quality of being exceptionally effulgent

Bikol Central: bansay (bcl)
Bulgarian: яркост (bg) f (jarkost), блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 辉 (zh) (huī)
Finnish: kirkkaus (fi)
Galician: brillantez (gl) f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: λαμπρότης f (lamprótēs), αὐγή f (augḗ)
Hindi: प्रतिभा (hi) f (pratibhā)
Polish: blask (pl) m, świetlistość (pl) f
Romanian: strălucire (ro) f
Spanish: brillantez (es) f

The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity

Bulgarian: интелигентност (bg) f (inteligentnost)
Czech: genialita (cs) f
Finnish: etevyys (fi), lahjakkuus (fi), nerokkuus (fi)
Galician: brillantez (gl)
German: Brillanz f
Hindi: प्रतिभा (hi) f (pratibhā)
Manx: ard-aghtallys m, ard-inçhynys m
Polish: błyskotliwość (pl) f, błyskotność f (archaic)
Romanian: genialitate (ro) f, suprainteligență f, inteligență genială f
Spanish: brillantez (es) f

Magnificence; resplendence

Armenian: շուք (hy) (šukʻ)
Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk), великолепие (bg) n (velikolepie)
Hindi: महिमा (hi) f (mahimā), भव्यता (hi) f (bhavyatā)
Middle English: deynte
Romanian: splendoare (ro) f, măreție (ro) f, grandoare (ro) f, magnificență (ro)
Sanskrit: तेजस् (sa) n (tejas)

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