Brilliancy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a quality that outshines the usual

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæmpɐnˌaɪl/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈɪliənsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈɪliənsi/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæmpɐnˌaɪl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

splendor splendour lustre luster

Word Forms

brilliant

adjective

of surpassing excellence

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Glanz

eine Qualität, die das Übliche in den Schatten stellt

🇫🇷French

éclat

une qualité qui surpasse l'habituelle

🇪🇸Spanish

brillo

una cualidad que eclipsa lo habitual

🇮🇹Italian

brillantezza

una qualità che supera il solito

🇳🇱Dutch

glans

een kwaliteit die het gebruikelijke overtreft

🇵🇹Portuguese

brilho

uma qualidade que supera o habitual

🇷🇺Russian

блеск

качество, которое затмевает обычное

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चमक

एक गुणवत्ता जो सामान्य से अधिक चमकती है

🇧🇩Bengali

উজ্জ্বলতা

একটি গুণ যা স্বাভাবিককে ছাড়িয়ে যায়

🇮🇳Tamil

புத்திசாலித்தனம்

வழக்கத்தை விட ஒரு தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

తేజస్సు

సాధారణ కంటే మెరుగైన నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

तेज

एक गुणवत्ता जी नेहमीपेक्षा जास्त आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

તેજસ્વીતા

એક ગુણવત્તા જે સામાન્ય કરતાં આગળ નીકળી જાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ತೇಜಸ್ಸು

ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವನ್ನು ಮೀರಿಸುವ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിളക്കം

സാധാരണയെ മറികടക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഗുണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਮਕ

ਇੱਕ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ ਜੋ ਆਮ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

شانداری

ایک معیار جو معمول سے آگے بڑھتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

光彩

超越平常的品质

🇯🇵Japanese

光沢

通常を上回る品質

🇰🇷Korean

광휘

평소보다 빛나는 품질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự rực rỡ

một phẩm chất vượt trội hơn bình thường

🇹🇭Thai

ความฉลาด

คุณภาพที่เหนือกว่าปกติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kecerdasan

kualitas yang melebihi biasanya

🇵🇭Filipino

kinang

isang kalidad na higit sa karaniwan

🇲🇾Malay

kecemerlangan

kualiti yang melebihi biasa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تألق

الجودة التي تتفوق على المعتاد

🇮🇷Persian

درخشندگی

کیفیتی که از معمول برتری دارد

🇹🇷Turkish

parlaklık

alışılagelmişin ötesine geçen bir kalite

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַברָקָה

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