briller
verb
Syllable Decomposition
brillerfrom 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
german:scheinen
english:shine
danish:skinne
spanish:lucir
finnish:loistaa
italian:risplendere
dutch:schitteren
polish:błyszczeć
portuguese:luzir
russian: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.)