Brilliance — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæmpɐnˌɪfɔːɹm/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈɪliəns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈɪliəns/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæmpɐnˌɪfɔːɹm/.

Examples

a glare of sunlight
for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

blaze grandeur grandness genius magnificence splendor splendour glare

Parts of Speech

noun	a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted “a glare of sunlight”
noun	the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand “for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel”
noun	unusual mental ability

Word Forms

glare	verb	shine intensely
blaze	verb	shine brightly and intensively
brilliant	adjective	full of light; shining intensely
magnificent	adjective	characterized by grandeur
grand	adjective	of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; ; - Oliver Franks

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Brillanz

🇫🇷French

éclat

une lumière dans le champ de vision qui est plus brillante que la luminosité à laquelle les yeux sont adaptés

🇪🇸Spanish

brillantez

una luz dentro del campo de visión que es más brillante que el brillo al que están adaptados los ojos

🇮🇹Italian

brillantezza

una luce all'interno del campo visivo che è più brillante della luminosità alla quale sono adattati gli occhi

🇳🇱Dutch

schittering

een licht binnen het gezichtsveld dat helderder is dan de helderheid waaraan de ogen zijn aangepast

🇵🇹Portuguese

brilho

uma luz dentro do campo de visão que é mais brilhante do que o brilho ao qual os olhos estão adaptados

🇷🇺Russian

блеск

свет в поле зрения, который ярче, чем яркость, к которой адаптированы глаза

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रतिभा

दृष्टि क्षेत्र के भीतर एक प्रकाश जो उस चमक से भी अधिक चमकीला होता है जिसके लिए आंखें अनुकूलित होती हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

তেজ

দৃষ্টিক্ষেত্রের মধ্যে একটি আলো যা চোখ যে উজ্জ্বলতার সাথে অভিযোজিত হয় তার চেয়ে উজ্জ্বল

🇮🇳Tamil

புத்திசாலித்தனம்

பார்வைத் துறையில் உள்ள ஒரு ஒளி, கண்கள் பொருத்தப்பட்ட பிரகாசத்தை விட பிரகாசமானது

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రకాశం

దృష్టి క్షేత్రంలోని ఒక కాంతి, కళ్ళు స్వీకరించబడిన ప్రకాశం కంటే ప్రకాశవంతంగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

तेज

दृष्टीच्या क्षेत्रामध्ये एक प्रकाश जो डोळे ज्या ब्राइटनेसशी जुळवून घेतात त्यापेक्षा उजळ आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

દીપ્તિ

દ્રષ્ટિના ક્ષેત્રની અંદરનો પ્રકાશ કે જે તેજ કરતાં વધુ તેજસ્વી છે જેના માટે આંખો અનુકૂળ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ತೇಜಸ್ಸು

ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದೊಳಗಿನ ಬೆಳಕು ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳು ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಂಡ ಹೊಳಪಿಗಿಂತ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിളക്കം

കണ്ണുകൾക്ക് അനുയോജ്യമായ തെളിച്ചത്തേക്കാൾ തെളിച്ചമുള്ള കാഴ്ചയുടെ മണ്ഡലത്തിനുള്ളിലെ ഒരു പ്രകാശം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਮਕ

ਦਰਸ਼ਣ ਦੇ ਖੇਤਰ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਇੱਕ ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ ਜੋ ਉਸ ਚਮਕ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਚਮਕਦਾਰ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਨੁਕੂਲ ਬਣਾਇਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

پرتیبھا

وژن کے میدان میں ایک روشنی جو اس چمک سے زیادہ روشن ہے جس کے مطابق آنکھیں ڈھال لی جاتی ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

光辉

视野内比眼睛适应的亮度更亮的光

🇯🇵Japanese

輝き

目が慣れている明るさよりも明るい視野内の光

🇰🇷Korean

광휘

눈이 적응하는 밝기보다 더 밝은 시야 내의 빛

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự rực rỡ

ánh sáng trong tầm nhìn sáng hơn độ sáng mà mắt thích nghi

🇹🇭Thai

ความฉลาด

แสงที่อยู่ในขอบเขตการมองเห็นซึ่งสว่างกว่าความสว่างที่ดวงตาจะปรับให้เหมาะสม

🇮🇩Indonesian

kecemerlangan

cahaya dalam bidang penglihatan yang lebih terang daripada kecerahan yang disesuaikan dengan mata

🇵🇭Filipino

ningning

isang liwanag sa loob ng larangan ng paningin na mas maliwanag kaysa sa liwanag kung saan ang mga mata ay iniangkop

🇲🇾Malay

kecemerlangan

cahaya dalam bidang penglihatan yang lebih terang daripada kecerahan yang disesuaikan dengan mata

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تألق

ضوء في مجال الرؤية أكثر سطوعًا من السطوع الذي تتكيف معه العيون

🇮🇷Persian

درخشش

نوری در میدان دید که از روشنایی که چشم ها با آن تطبیق داده اند، روشن تر است

🇹🇷Turkish

parlaklık

görüş alanı içinde, gözlerin alıştığı parlaklıktan daha parlak bir ışık

🇮🇱Hebrew

זוֹהַר

אור בתוך שדה הראייה בהיר יותר מהבהירות אליה מותאמות העיניים

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The primary meaning of 'brilliance' is 'a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted'.

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'brilliance' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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