brilliant

• adj.素晴らしい、輝く；輝かしい；才能がある；素晴らしい、驚異的な

ベリル、エメラルドから。スペルはbrightの影響。

brilliant

brilliant: [17] Brilliant comes from French brilliant, the present participle of briller ‘shine’. French borrowed the verb from Italian brillare, but it is not altogether clear where Italian got it from. One theory is that it came from Vulgar Latin *bērillāre, a derivative of bērillus ‘precious stone’ (whence English beryl [13]). The source of the Latin noun was Greek bérullos, which may have come from one of the Indo-European languages of India (Sanskrit vaidūrya ‘cat’s-eye’ has been compared).

brilliant (adj.)

1680s, from French brilliant "sparkling, shining" present participle of briller "to shine" (16c.), from Italian brillare "sparkle, whirl," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *berillare "to shine like a beryl," from berillus "beryl, precious stone," from Latin beryllus (see beryl). In reference to diamonds (1680s) it means a flat-topped cut invented 17c. by Venetian cutter Vincenzo Peruzzi.

1. A brilliant shaft of sunlight burst through the doorway.

まぶしい日差しが玄関から差し込んできた。

2.Jackie was running around with all these brilliant people.

ジェヒはこれらの才能にあふれた人々の間に紛れ込んでいる。

3.He is a terrific athlete and a brilliant jumper.

彼は優れた選手で、ジャンプ力がとても良い。

4.Eric Cantona made the game safe with a brilliant opportunist goal.

エリック?カントナーはチャンスをつかんで絶妙なゴールを決め、試合の勝局をロックした。

5.Patrick Devlin was an outstanding judge and brilliant jurist.

パトリック?デブリンは優れた裁判官であり、優れた法律家である。