brillantine
French, noun/bʁi.jɑ̃.tin/
brillantine is spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T-I-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brillantine is a French feminine noun meaning “brilliantine (hair pomade)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composition (pommade ou liquide) odorante permettant de lustrer les cheveux et la barbe”.
What does brillantine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrilliantine (hair pomade)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composition (pommade ou liquide) odorante permettant de lustrer les cheveux et la barbe. 2. Étoffe de soie utilisée pour la confection de robes.
adjective: 1. Sur qui ou sur quoi on a appliqué de la brillantine.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brillantine
- brillantines plural
- brillantinés plural masculine
- brillantinée singular feminine
- brillantinées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brillantine?
- /bʁi.jɑ̃.tin/
- \bʁi.jɑ̃.tin\
- \bʁi.jɑ̃.ti.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brillantine in French?
brillantine appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).