brillantiner
French, verb/bʁi.jɑ̃.ti.ne/
brillantiner is spelled B-R-I-L-L-A-N-T-I-N-E-R (12 letters). Brillantiner is a French verb meaning “to brilliantine (to apply brilliantine to the hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appliquer de la brillantine sur”.
What does brillantiner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brilliantine (to apply brilliantine to the hair)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Appliquer de la brillantine sur.
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 brillantiner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- brillantinant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- brillantiné participle past
- brillantine first-person indicative present
- brillantines indicative present second-person
- brillantinons first-person indicative plural
- brillantinez indicative plural present
- brillantinent indicative plural present
- brillantinais first-person imperfect indicative
- brillantinait imperfect indicative singular
- brillantinions first-person imperfect indicative
- brillantiniez imperfect indicative plural
- brillantinaient imperfect indicative plural
- brillantinai first-person historic indicative
- brillantinas historic indicative past
- brillantina historic indicative past
- brillantinâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brillantiner?
- /bʁi.jɑ̃.ti.ne/
- \bʁi.jɑ̃.ti.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.