Dictionary

brilliance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• brĭlyəns
• /ˈbɹɪljən(t)s/
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Etymology

From brilliant + -ance. Compare French brillance.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).
   • [G]arishly enough they [gas jets] glared there, transparently wannish as it were shamed, like blinking night-things surprised by the brilliance of day, they having so flared and stared for months, or years, inasmuch as they were now blazing diminished, with streaks and rays in the flame, as if by effort: […] 1901, M[atthew] P[hipps] Shiel, The Purple Cloud, New York, N.Y.: Vanguard Press, published 1930, →OCLC, page 85:
2. (uncountable, usually) The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
3. (UK, uncountable, usually) Magnificence; resplendence.
   • What brilliance it took from Harry Kane to control the cross and place the ball into the top corner.

Forms

Deriveds

superbrilliance · overbrilliance

Relateds

brilliantness · beryl · brilliantly · beryllium · brilliant

Translations (44)

hy շուք (Magnificence; resplendence) · es brillantez (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · pl świetlistość (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · cmn 辉 (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · ru яркость (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · ro strălucire (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · hi भव्यता (Magnificence; resplendence) · de Brillanz (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · fi lahjakkuus (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · pl blask (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · bg интелигентност (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · grc λαμπρότης (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · fi nerokkuus (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · bg яркост (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · enm deynte (Magnificence; resplendence) · bg великолепие (Magnificence; resplendence) · hi प्रतिभा (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · bg блясък (Magnificence; resplendence) · gl brillantez (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · ro suprainteligență (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · ro magnificență (Magnificence; resplendence) · cs genialita (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · grc αὐγή (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · hi प्रतिभा (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · ro inteligență genială (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · ru блеск (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · es brillantez (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · sa तेजस् (Magnificence; resplendence) · gl brillantez (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · gv ard-aghtallys (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · bg блясък (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · pl błyskotliwość (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · pl błyskotność (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · hi महिमा (Magnificence; resplendence) · fi kirkkaus (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · gv ard-inçhynys (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · ro măreție (Magnificence; resplendence) · bcl bansay (The quality of being exceptionally effulgent) · ru гениальность (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · ro genialitate (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity) · ro grandoare (Magnificence; resplendence) · ru великолепие (Magnificence; resplendence) · ro splendoare (Magnificence; resplendence) · fi etevyys (The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity)