Brillantine
German, noun/ˌbʁɪljanˈtiːnə/
Brillantine is spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T-I-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written German, the 488,905th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brillantine is a German feminine noun meaning “brilliantine (hair pomade)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “parfümierte, ölhaltige Pomade zur Pflege der Haare und Festigung der meist männlichen Frisur”.
What does Brillantine mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininebrilliantine (hair pomade)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parfümierte, ölhaltige Pomade zur Pflege der Haare und Festigung der meist männlichen Frisur
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Brillantine
- Brillantinen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Brillantine?
- /ˌbʁɪljanˈtiːnə/
- [ˌbʁɪljanˈtiːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Brillantine in German?
Brillantine appears about once in every 63 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).