brillant à lèvres

\bʁi.jɑ̃ a lɛvʁ\

/\bʁi.jɑ̃ a lɛvʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“brillant à lèvres” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Produit cosmétique liquide servant à donner un effet brillant et mouillé aux lèvres, il peut être incolore, teinté, pailleté, et même parfumé.

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Index FR-brillant-a-levres · brillant à lèvres · French

brillant à lèvres · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for brillant à lèvres
PropertyValue
Headwordbrillant à lèvres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁi.jɑ̃ a lɛvʁ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « brillant à lèvres » en français

brillant à lèvresreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brillant à lèvres is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁi.jɑ̃ a lɛvʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Produit cosmétique liquide servant à donner un effet brillant et mouillé aux lèvres, il peut être incolore, teinté, pailleté, et même parfumé.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brillant à lèvres, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is brillant à lèvres, spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T- -À- -L-È-V-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Produit cosmétique liquide servant à donner un effet brillant et mouillé aux lèvres, il peut être incolore, teinté, pailleté, et même parfumé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how brillant à lèvres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Avec Tad, nous commençâmes à voler dans les magasins de la ville – tablettes de chocolat, paquets de biscuits, brillants à lèvres – autant de minuscules défis adressés à nous-mêmes, que nous relevions haut la main.

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This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brillant à lèvres"?
"brillant à lèvres" is spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T- -À- -L-È-V-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁi.jɑ̃ a lɛvʁ\.
What does "brillant à lèvres" mean?
As a noun, "brillant à lèvres" means: Produit cosmétique liquide servant à donner un effet brillant et mouillé aux lèvres, il peut être incolore, teinté, pailleté, et même parfumé.
How do you pronounce "brillant à lèvres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brillant à lèvres" is \bʁi.jɑ̃ a lɛvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "brillant à lèvres" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list