“Brilliant” is a term often used to describe something that shines with light or is intellectually impressive. But how do people express this idea in different languages and cultures? This post explores the many ways to say “bright” across the globe, celebrating the diversity in language and expression. Whether it’s the gleam of a light or the spark of a clever idea, here’s how you can appreciate brightness in 70 different languages.
Here is a list of how to say “bright” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – i ndritshëm | Pronunciation: ee ndree-t-shem
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – مشرق (mushriq) | Pronunciation: moosh-rik
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – պայծառ (paytsar) | Pronunciation: pay-tsar
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – parlaq | Pronunciation: par-laq
- Basque (🇪🇸) – argi | Pronunciation: ar-gi
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – яркі (yarki) | Pronunciation: yar-kee
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – উজ্জ্বল (ujjôl) | Pronunciation: uj-jol
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – svijetao | Pronunciation: svee-yeh-tao
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – ярък (yarak) | Pronunciation: yar-uk
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – brillant | Pronunciation: bree-yant
- Czech (🇨🇿) – jasný | Pronunciation: yas-nee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – lys | Pronunciation: loos
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – helder | Pronunciation: hel-der
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – bright | Pronunciation: bryt
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – ere | Pronunciation: eh-re
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – روشن (roshan) | Pronunciation: ro-shan
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – kirkas | Pronunciation: kir-kas
- French (🇫🇷) – lumineux | Pronunciation: loo-mee-new
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ნათელი (nateli) | Pronunciation: nah-tell-ee
- German (🇩🇪) – hell | Pronunciation: hell
- Greek (🇬🇷) – φωτεινός (foteinos) | Pronunciation: fo-tee-nos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – בהיר (bahir) | Pronunciation: bah-heer
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – उज्ज्वल (ujjwal) | Pronunciation: ooj-jwal
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – világos | Pronunciation: vee-lah-gosh
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – bjartur | Pronunciation: byar-tur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – terang | Pronunciation: teh-rang
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – geal | Pronunciation: gyal
- Italian (🇮🇹) – luminoso | Pronunciation: loo-mee-no-so
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 明るい (akarui) | Pronunciation: ah-kah-roo-ee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – жарық (zharyq) | Pronunciation: zha-ryq
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ភ្លឺ (phlue) | Pronunciation: ploo
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 밝은 (balg-eun) | Pronunciation: bal-geun
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – roşn | Pronunciation: roshn
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – жарык (zharyk) | Pronunciation: zha-ryk
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ສວ່າງ (savang) | Pronunciation: sah-vahng
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – gaišs | Pronunciation: gai-ss
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – šviesus | Pronunciation: shvee-e-sus
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – hell | Pronunciation: hell
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – светол (svetol) | Pronunciation: sve-tol
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – cerah | Pronunciation: che-rah
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – ċar | Pronunciation: char
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 明亮 (míngliàng) | Pronunciation: ming-liang
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – तेजस्वी (tejasvī) | Pronunciation: teh-jas-vee
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – гэрэлтэй (gereltei) | Pronunciation: geh-rel-tei
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – उज्यालो (ujyālo) | Pronunciation: oo-jyah-lo
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – lys | Pronunciation: lees
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – رڼا (rranga) | Pronunciation: rrang-a
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – روشن (roshan) | Pronunciation: ro-shan
- Polish (🇵🇱) – jasny | Pronunciation: yas-ny
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – brilhante | Pronunciation: bree-lyan-te
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – luminos | Pronunciation: loo-mee-nos
- Russian (🇷🇺) – яркий (yarkiy) | Pronunciation: yar-kee
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – светао (svetao) | Pronunciation: sve-tao
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – දීප්තිමත් (dīptimath) | Pronunciation: dee-pee-ti-math
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – jasný | Pronunciation: yas-nee
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – svetel | Pronunciation: sve-tel
- Somali (🇸🇴) – iftiin | Pronunciation: if-tin
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – brillante | Pronunciation: bree-yahn-te
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – angavu | Pronunciation: ang-ga-vu
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – ljus | Pronunciation: ljuus
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – равшан (ravshan) | Pronunciation: rav-shan
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பிரகாசமான (pirakācamāṉa) | Pronunciation: pira-ka-sa-ma-na
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ప్రకాశవంతమైన (prakāśavantamaina) | Pronunciation: prah-kah-sha-van-ta-main
- Thai (🇹🇭) – สว่าง (sawang) | Pronunciation: sa-wang
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – parlak | Pronunciation: par-lak
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – яскравий (yaskravyi) | Pronunciation: yas-krav-yi
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – روشن (roshan) | Pronunciation: ro-shan
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – yorqin | Pronunciation: yor-qin
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – sáng | Pronunciation: sang
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – disglair | Pronunciation: dis-glair