brilliance
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brilliance
- /ˈbɹɪljən(t)s/
Where it comes from
From brilliant + -ance. Compare French brillance.
noun brilliances · brilliancy
- 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 ef
- The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
- Magnificence; resplendence. What brilliance it took from Harry Kane to control the cross and place the ball into the top corner.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: splendor, blaze, glare, splendour, genius, grandness, magnificence, grandeur, shine, brilliant, brightness, glow, lustre, gloss, luster, luminosity
Translations
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noun The quality of being exceptionally effulgent
| Español | brillantez |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 辉 huī |
| हिन्दी | प्रतिभा pratibhā |
| Română | strălucire |
| Русский | яркость jarkostʹ, блеск blesk |
noun The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity
| Español | brillantez |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | प्रतिभा pratibhā |
| Deutsch | Brillanz |
| Română | genialitate, suprainteligență, inteligență genială |
| Русский | гениальность genialʹnostʹ |
noun Magnificence; resplendence
| हिन्दी | महिमा mahimā, भव्यता bhavyatā |
|---|---|
| Română | splendoare, măreție, grandoare, magnificență |
| Русский | великолепие velikolepije |
Talk about this word "brilliance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/brilliance. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. brilliance. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/brilliance "brilliance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/brilliance.Cite this
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title = {brilliance},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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