# brillante
## Asturian
### Etymology

From brillar +‎ -ente.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɾiˈʎante/ [bɾiˈʎãn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: bri‧llan‧te

### Adjective

brillante (epicene, plural brillantes)
* brilliant, shining, glowing
    Synonyms: brillosu, rellumante, rescamplante

## Danish
### Adjective

brillante
* inflection of brillant:
** definite singular
** plural

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

brillante
* feminine singular of brillant

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* brilhante (reintegrationist)
* brilante

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɾiˈɟante/ [bɾiˈɟan̪.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: bri‧llan‧te

### Adjective

brillante m or f (plural brillantes)
* brilliant

#### Derived terms

* brillantemente
* brillantez

#### Related terms

* brillar

### Further reading

* “brillante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

brillante
* inflection of brillant:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Interlingua
### Participle

brillante
* present participle of brillar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brilˈlan.te/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: bril‧làn‧te

### Adjective

brillante (plural brillanti, superlative brillantissimo)
* bright, brilliant

### Noun

brillante m (plural brillanti)
* a diamond
    Synonym: diamante

### Participle

brillante (plural brillanti)
* present participle of brillare

#### Related terms

* brillantemente
* brillantezza
* brillanza
* brillare

#### Descendants

* → Maltese: brillanti, brillant

## Norman
### Adjective

brillante
* feminine singular of brillant

## Spanish
### Etymology

From brillar +‎ -ante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɾiˈʝante/ [bɾiˈʝãn̪.t̪e]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /bɾiˈʝante/ [bɾiˈʝãn̪.t̪e]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /bɾiˈʎante/ [bɾiˈʎãn̪.t̪e]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /bɾiˈʃante/ [bɾiˈʃãn̪.t̪e]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bɾiˈʒante/ [bɾiˈʒãn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: bri‧llan‧te

### Adjective

brillante m or f (masculine and feminine plural brillantes)
* bright, brilliant, lustrous, shiny, glowing, sparkly, glittering, glossy
    Synonyms: deslumbrante, luminoso, lustroso, radiante, reluciente, resplandeciente
* excellent, outstanding, exemplary, scintillating
    Synonyms: distinguido, espléndido, excelente, fenomenal, ilustre, sobresaliente

### Noun

brillante m (plural brillantes)
* diamond
    Synonyms: diamante, gema, joya
    Bien, tal vez finalmente le comprará ese brillante ahora que de hecho tiene dinero.Well, perhaps he'll finally buy you that diamond now that he actually has money.

#### Derived terms

* abrillantar
* brillantemente
* brillantez

#### Related terms

* brillar
* brillo
* brilloso

### Further reading

* “brillante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10