"brilliancy" meaning in All languages combined

See brilliancy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹɪljənsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brilliancy.wav Forms: brilliancies [plural]
Etymology: From brilliant + -cy or brilliance + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brilliant|cy}} brilliant + -cy, {{suffix|en|brilliance|y}} brilliance + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brilliancy (countable and uncountable, plural brilliancies)
  1. A shining quality; brilliance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (shining quality): փայլ (pʻayl) (Armenian), loistavuus (Finnish), brillance (French), fényesség (Hungarian), ragyogás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-brilliancy-en-noun-tkA6yNQj Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 7 45 Disambiguation of 'shining quality': 93 5 2
  2. An act of being brilliant. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of being brilliant): nerokkuus (Finnish), éleselméjűség (Hungarian), zsenialitás (Hungarian), strălucire [feminine] (Romanian), brilianță (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-brilliancy-en-noun-HdQxrsAQ Disambiguation of 'act of being brilliant': 10 89 1
  3. (chess) A spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-brilliancy-en-noun-L08nrUsv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 9 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 31 12 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 31 12 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 9 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 7 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 6 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 21 9 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 10 66 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 7 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 7 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 10 66 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overbrilliancy

Inflected forms

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