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briljant

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brillant, from Middle French [Term?].

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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briljant (comparative briljanter, superlative briljantst)

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

Declension

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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

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

Noun

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briljant m (plural briljanten, diminutive briljantje n)

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

Descendants

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brillant. Doublet of beryll and brillor.

Adjective

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briljant (comparative briljantare, superlative briljantast)

  1. brilliant

Declension

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Inflection of briljant
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular briljant briljantare briljantast
neuter singular briljant briljantare briljantast
plural briljanta briljantare briljantast
masculine plural2 briljante briljantare briljantast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 briljante briljantare briljantaste
all briljanta briljantare briljantaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Noun

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briljant c

  1. brilliant (diamond cut in a particular form)

Declension

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Further reading

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