briller

verb

Syllable Decomposition

briller

from Italian brillare; it first had the sense of 'to be agitated with impatience', 'to run back and forth' senses now obsolete that survives in 'to hunt well (in terms of hunting and speaking of the dog)'. The sense of 'to emit sparks' would be explained by the trembling scintillation of light (verbs indicating a sudden movement often give a derivative indicating a scintillation, see flick and flicker in English, tremet, tremular in Portuguese.

Definitions

chasse

Conjugation

→ Conjugation of "briller"

Synonym

Translations

  • germangerman:scheinen
  • englishenglish:shine
  • danishdanish:skinne
  • spanishspanish:lucir
  • finnishfinnish:loistaa
  • italianitalian:risplendere
  • dutchdutch:schitteren
  • polishpolish:błyszczeć
  • portugueseportuguese:luzir
  • russianrussian:блистать

See also

brilliez (v.) brillai (v.) brillas (v.) brillâmes (v.) brillâtes (v.) brillerai (v.) brilleras (v.) brillerez (v.) brillasse (v.) brillasses (v.) brillassions (v.) brillassiez (v.) brillassent (v.) brillerions (v.) brilleriez (v.) brillant (adj.) brillement (cn.) brilla (v.) brillaient (v.) brillais (v.)