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==English==
{{was wotd|2021|May|16}}

===Pronunciation===
[[File:Bright sunlight at Cerro de la Campana, Hermosillo, Mexico.jpg|thumb|Bright [[sunlight]] ''(sense 2)'' seen at {{w|Cerro de la Campana}} in [[Hermosillo]], [[Sonora]], [[Mexico]].]]

* {{enPR|brīt|a=RP,GA}}, {{IPA|en|/bɹaɪt/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-bright.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪt|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰerHǵ-}}
The {{glossary|adjective}} is from {{inh|en|enm|bright}}, from {{inh|en|ang|beorht}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*berht}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*berhtaz|t=bright}}, ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰerHǵ-|t=to shine, to gleam, whiten}}.

The {{glossary|noun}} is derived from {{inh|en|enm|bright|t=brightness, brilliance; daylight; light}}, from {{m|enm|bright|pos=adjective}}:<ref>{{R:MED Online|pos=n|id=MED6030}}</ref> see above.

The English word is cognate with {{cog|sq|bardhë|t=white}}, {{cog|nl|brecht}} {{qualifier|in personal names}}, {{cog|is|bjartur|t=bright}}, {{cog|lt|brekšta|t=to dawn}}, {{cog|mga|brafad|t=blink of an eye}}, {{cog|no|bjart|t=bright, clear, shining}}, {{cog|fa|برازیدن|tr=barâzidan|t=to beautify; to befit}}, {{cog|lrc|بڵێز|tr=bełız|t=blaze}} {{cog|ru|бре́зжить|t=to dawn; to flicker faintly, glimmer; (''figuratively'') of a hope, thought, etc.: to begin to manifest, emerge}}, {{cog|sa|भ्राजते}}, {{cog|sco|bricht|t=bright}}, {{cog|cy|berth|t=beautiful, fair, fine}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|er}}

# [[emit|Emitting]] much [[light#Noun|light]]; [[visually]] [[dazzling#Adjective|dazzling]]; [[luminous]], [[lucent]], [[radiant]].
#: {{ux|en|The sky was remarkably '''bright''' and blue on that beautiful summer day.}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Poems|poem=At a Solemn Musick|page=22|passage=Where the '''bright''' Seraphim in burning row / Their loud up-lifted Angel trumpets blow; / And the Cherubick hoſt in thouſand quires / Touch their immortal Harps of golden wires, {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=III|page=85|lines=372 and 381–382|passage=Thee Father firſt they ſung Omnipotent, / {{...}} that '''brighteſt''' Seraphim / Approach not, but with both their wings veil thir eyes.|year=1873}}
#* {{RQ:Stoker Dracula|chapter=Cutting from ‘The Dailygraph,’ 8 August (Pasted in Mina Murray’s Journal.)|page=95|passage=There were very few people about, and though the sun was '''bright''', and the air clear and fresh, the big, grim-looking waves, that seemed dark themselves because the foam that topped them was like snow, forced themselves in through the narrow mouth of the harbour—like a bullying man going through a crowd.}}
# Of light: [[brilliant#Adjective|brilliant]], [[intense]].
#: {{ux|en|Could you please dim the light? It’s far too '''bright'''.}}
# Of an [[object#Noun|object]], [[surface#Noun|surface]], etc.: [[reflect]]ing much light; [[have|having]] a [[high#Adjective|high]] [[lustre#Noun|lustre]]; [[gleaming#Adjective|gleaming]], [[shiny]].
#: {{synonyms|en|lustrous|Thesaurus:shiny}}
#: {{antonyms|en|dull}}
# Of a [[place#Noun|place]]: not [[dark#Adjective|dark]]; [[well-lit]].
#* {{RQ:Macaulay History of England|volume=II|chapter=X|page=564|passage=It was said that the Irish whom [[w:Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham|[Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of] Feversham]] had let loose were marching on London and massacring every man, woman, and child on the road. At one in the morning the drums of the militia beat to arms. {{...}} Before two the capital wore a face of stern preparedness which might well have daunted a real enemy, if such an enemy had been approaching. Candles were blazing at all the windows. The public places were as '''bright''' as at noonday.}}
# Of [[climate]] or [[weather#Noun|weather]]: not [[cloudy]] or [[gloomy]]; [[fair#Adjective|fair]]; also, of a [[period#Noun|period]] of [[time#Noun|time]], the [[sky#Noun|sky]], etc.: [[characterize]]d by much [[sunshine]] and [[good#Adjective|good]] weather.
#* {{RQ:Dickens Barnaby Rudge|chapter=77|page=392|passage=[H]e felt the influence of the '''bright''' sky, and looked up smiling into its deep unfathomable blue.}}
#* {{RQ:Hough Purchase Price|chapter=A Lady in Company|page=6|passage=Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the '''bright''' autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.}}
# {{lb|en|transferred senses|figuratively}}
## Clearly [[apparent]]; [[conspicuous]].
##* {{RQ:Heller Catch-22|The Soldier in White|169|They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was '''bright''' reminder.}}
## Of a [[colour#Noun|colour]]: not [[muted#Adjective|muted]] or [[pale#Adjective|pale]]; [[bold#Adjective|bold]], brilliant, [[vivid#Adjective|vivid]].
##* {{quote-journal|en|author=L. M.|title=The West Fifty Years Since|editor=T[homas] W[illis] White|magazine=[[w:Southern Literary Messenger|The Southern Literary Messenger: Devoted to Every Department of Literature and the Fine Arts]]|location=Richmond, Va.|publisher=T. W. White,{{nb...|printer, opposite the Bell Tavern.}}|month=May|year=1838|volume=IV|issue=V|section=chapter II|page=308|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=_l8AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308|column=1|oclc=7370817|passage=Her step was quick; her eye piercing, and of the '''brightest''' blue; {{...}}}}
## Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); [[colourful]].
##: {{ux|en|The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much '''brighter''' than the dull grey walls of the kitchen.}}
##* {{RQ:Pope Pastorals|year=1751|title=Spring|page=12|lines=31–32|passage=Here the '''bright''' crocus and blue vi'let glow; / Here weſtern winds on breathing roſes blow.}}
##* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=II|page=15|passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and '''bright''' tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
## Of a [[musical instrument]], [[sound#Noun|sound]], or a [[voice#Noun|voice]]: [[clearly]] [[audible]]; [[clear#Adjective|clear]], [[resounding#Adjective|resounding]], and often [[high-pitched]].
## Of a [[room#Noun|room]] or other place: having [[acoustic]] [[quality#Noun|qualities]] that [[tend]] to [[cause#Verb|cause]] much [[echoing#Noun|echoing]] or [[reverberation]] of sound, particularly at high [[frequency|frequencies]].
## Of a [[scent#Noun|scent]] or [[taste#Noun|taste]]: not [[bland]] or [[mild]]; bold, [[sharp#Adjective|sharp]], [[strong]].
## Of a [[substance#Noun|substance]]: clear, [[transparent]]; also, [[pure#Adjective|pure]], [[unadulterated]]; {{lb|en|specifically}} of [[wine#Noun|wine]]: [[free#Adjective|free]] of [[suspended#Adjective|suspended]] [[particle]]s; not cloudy; [[fine#Adjective|fine]].
##* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:James Thomson (poet, born 1700)|[James] Thomson]]|title=[[w:The Seasons (Thomson)|Spring: A Poem]]|location=London|publisher={{...|Printed: And sold by}} [[w:Andrew Millar|A[ndrew] Millar]] and [[w:George Strahan (publisher)|G[eorge] Strahan]]|year=1728|page=10|oclc=8477772|passage=From {{...}} the '''brighteſt''' Wines / He'd turn abhorrent.}}
## [[glorious|Glorious]]; [[illustrious]].
##* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Charles Cotton|title=The Wonders of the Peake|location=London|publisher={{...|Printed for}} Joanna Brome,{{nb...|at the Gun at the West-end of St. Pauls}}|year=1681|page=16|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=bt0OwdJDMKAC&pg=PA16|oclc=1227559269|passage=And 'twas the worſt, if not the only ſtain, / I'th' '''brighteſt''' ''Annals'' of a ''Female'' Reign.}}
## In [[good spirits]]; [[happy]], [[optimistic]].
##: {{synonyms|en|Thesaurus:happy}}
##: {{antonyms|en|Thesaurus:sad}}
##: {{ux|en|I woke up today feeling so '''bright''' that I decided to have a little dance.}}
##* {{RQ:Tolkien Hobbit|edition=revised|page=199|passage=Their spirits had risen a little at the discovery of the path, but now they sank into their boots; and yet they would not give it up and go away. The hobbit &#91;{{w|Bilbo Baggins}}&#93; was no longer much '''brighter''' than the dwarves. He would do nothing but sit with his back to the rock-face and stare{{nb...}}.}}
## Of the [[face#Noun|face]] or [[eye#Noun|eyes]], or a [[smile#Noun|smile]]: [[show#Verb|showing]] [[happiness]] or [[hopefulness]]; [[cheerful]], [[lively]].
##* {{quote-song|en|author=w:Mike Batt|title=[[w:Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song)|Bright Eyes]]|album=w:Fate for Breakfast|artist=w:Art Garfunkel|date=19 October 1978|year_published=19 January 1979|passage='''Bright''' eyes / Burning like fire / '''Bright''' eyes / How can you close and fail? / How can the light that burned so brightly / Suddenly burn so pale? / '''Bright''' eyes}}
## Of a person: lively, [[vivacious]].
##* {{RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth|act=III|scene=ii|page=140|column=2|passage=Come on: / Gentle my Lord, ſleeke o're your rugged Lookes, / Be '''bright''' and Iouiall among your Gueſts to Night.}}
## Of a period of [[history]] or time: happy, [[prosperous]], [[successful]].
##: {{ux|en|She has a '''bright''' future ahead.}}
##* {{quote-song|en|author=[[w:Pat MacDonald (musician)|Pat MacDonald]]|title=[[w:The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades|The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades]]|album=w:Greetings from Timbuk3|artist=w:Timbuk3|year=1986|passage=Things are going great, and they're only getting better / I'm doing all right, getting good grades / The future's so '''bright''', I gotta wear shades}}
##* {{quote-song|en|author=Ryland Heagy|title=The Brightest Days|album=w:The Brightest Days|artist=w:Origami Angel|year=2023|passage=It's been raining the whole summer / The '''brightest''' days are few and far between}}
## Of an [[opportunity]] or [[outlook#Noun|outlook]]: having a [[reasonable]] [[chance#Noun|chance]] of [[success]]; [[favourable]], good.
##: {{ux|en|If he trains hard, his chances of winning the competition are '''bright'''.}}
## Of [[conversation]], [[writing#Noun|writing]], etc.: [[imaginative]] or [[sparkle#Verb|sparkling]] with [[wit#Noun|wit]]; [[clever]], [[witty]].
## Having a clear, [[quick#Adjective|quick]] [[intellect]]; [[intelligent]].
##: {{synonyms|en|Thesaurus:intelligent}}
##: {{antonyms|en|Thesaurus:stupid}}
##: {{ux|en|She’s very '''bright'''. She was able to solve the problem without my help.}}
##* {{RQ:Joyce Ulysses|page=573|passage=―Ah, God, Corley replied, sure I couldn't teach in a school, man. I was never one of your '''bright''' ones, he added with a half laugh, Got stuck twice in the junior at the Christian Brothers.}}
##* {{quote-journal|en|title=Revenge of the nerds: An explosion of start-ups is changing finance for the better|newspaper=w:The Economist|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803024215/http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21582512-explosion-start-ups-changing-finance-better-revenge-nerds|archivedate=3 August 2013|location=London|publisher=w:Economist Group|date=3 August 2013|volume=408|issue=8847|issn=0013-0613|oclc=805074337|passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where '''bright''' young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}
## {{lb|en|archaic}}
### Of the eyes: [[able]] to [[see#Verb|see]] clearly; of [[eyesight]]: [[keen#Adjective|keen]], sharp.
### [[manifest#Adjective|Manifest]] to the [[mind#Noun|mind]] as light is to the eyes; clear, [[evident]], [[plain#Adjective|plain]].
###* {{RQ:Watts Improvement|chapter=The Socratical Way of Disputation|paragraph=V|page=172|passage=[T]he Queriſt muſt not proceed too ſwiftly towards the Determination of his Point propos'd, that he may with more Eaſe, with '''brighter''' Evidence, and with ſurer Succeſs draw the Learner on to aſſent to thoſe ''Principles'' ſtep by ſtep, from whence the ''final Concluſion'' will naturally ariſe.}}
## {{lb|en|music}} Of a [[rhythm]] or [[tempo]]: lively, [[upbeat#Adjective|upbeat]].
## {{lb|en|music}} Of a [[note]]: slightly [[sharp]].
# {{lb|en|metallurgy}} Of a [[metal#Adjective|metal]] object or surface: [[lack#Verb|lacking]] any [[protective#Adjective|protective]] [[coating#Noun|coating]] or surface [[treatment]] for the [[prevention]] of [[corrosion]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|brightish|brightleaf|brightsizing|brightsmith|brightsome|noblebright|overbright|Retr0bright|sunbright|superbright|ultrabright|unbright|underbright
|bright as a button|bright-rumped attila|the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long
|brighten
|bright-eyed
|bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
|brightly
|brightness
|[[brights]] {{qualifier|{{glossary|pluralia tantum}}}}
|Bright Saturday
|bright side
|bright spot
|bright young thing
|Bright Week
|brightwork|look on the bright side of it
|Bright Young Thing
|embrighten
|eyebright
|bright and morning star|bright as a new button|bright as a new coin|bright as a new dollar|bright as a new penny|bright as a new pin|bright eyed and bushy tailed|bright field|bright giant|bright green|bright lights|bright lights and cold steel|bright line|bright nail|bright shiny object|bright soliton|bright spark|bright young people|bright-line rule|cold steel and bright lights|gold-bright|honour bright|look on the bright side|meadow bright|night-bright|radio-bright|see-bright}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top-also|emitting much light; visually dazzling|luminous|radiant}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|لَامِع}}, {{t|ar|نَيِّر}}, {{t|ar|سَاطِع}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|منور|m|tr=menawar}}, {{t|arz|لامع|m|tr=lāmiʕ}}, {{t|arz|نير|m|tr=nayyir}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|պայծառ}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|яҡты}}, {{t|ba|асыҡ}}, {{t|ba|баҙыҡ}}, {{t|ba|сағыу}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|я́ркі}}, {{t+|be|све́тлы}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|রওশন}}
* Brunei Malay: {{t|kxd|tarang}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|светъл}}, {{t+|bg|ярък}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|brillant}}, {{t+|ca|clar}}, {{t+|ca|lluent}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|tsenewa}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|къегина}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎤᏍᎪᏍᏗ}}
* Chinese:
*: Literary Chinese: {{t|lzh|皞}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|亮|tr=liàng}}, {{t+|cmn|明|tr=míng}}, {{t+|cmn|明亮|tr=míngliàng}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|spladn}} {{qualifier|Revived Late Cornish}}, {{t|kw|splann}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jasný}}, {{t+|cs|světlý}}
* Danish: {{t|da|funklende}}, {{t+|da|klar}}, {{t+|da|lys}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|fel}}, {{t+|nl|helder}}
* Evenki: {{t|evn|ңэрипчу}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|bjartur}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kirkas}}
* French: {{t+|fr|brillant}}, {{t+|fr|clair}}, {{t+|fr|luisant}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|brillante}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|კაშკაშა}}, {{t|ka|ელვარე}}
* German: {{t+|de|glänzend}}, {{t+|de|hell}}, {{t+|de|strahlend}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λαμπερός}}, {{t+|el|λαμπρός}}, {{t+|el|φωτεινός}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|λαμπρός}}, {{t|grc|φιαρός}} {{qualifier|Epic}}, {{t|grc|φωτεινός}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|hesakã}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|בהיר|m|tr=bahyr}}, {{t|he|בהירה|f|tr=behira}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|चमकीला}}, {{t+|hi|उज्ज्वल}}, {{t+|hi|रौशन}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|világos}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|bjartur}}, {{t+|is|ljómandi}}, {{t+|is|skær}}, {{t+|is|skínandi}}
* Ilocano: {{t|ilo|nalawag}}, {{t|ilo|naraniag}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|къаьга}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|brillante}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|án}}, {{t|ga|geal}}, {{t|ga|gléineach}}, {{t|ga|spéiriúil}}, {{t|ga|lonrach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|brillante}}, {{t+|it|luminoso}}, {{t+|it|lucente}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|明るい|tr=あかるい, akarui}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|masala}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жарқын}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|밝다}}, {{t+|ko|환하다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|بریقەدار}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|жарык}}, {{t+|ky|жаркыраган}}, {{t+|ky|жаркырап турган}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|gaišs}}, {{t|ltg|spūdrys}}
* Latin: {{t|la|lucidus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|gaišs}}, {{t|lv|spilgts}}, {{t|lv|spožs}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|ryškus}}, {{t|lt|šviesus}}
* Lubuagan Kalinga: {{t|knb|mampadcha}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|blénkeg}}, {{t|lb|fénkeleg}}, {{t|lb|hell}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|светол}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|terang}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡤᡝᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ}}, {{t|mnc|ᡤᡝᡥᡠᠨ}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|sullyr}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|lys}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|knall-}} {{qualifier|modifying colours}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|brilhant}}, {{t+|oc|clar}}
* Old English: {{t+|ang|beorht}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|ирд}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|چیل|tr=çil}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فروزان|tr=foruzân}}, {{t+|fa|روشن|tr=rowšan}}, {{t+|fa|تابناک|tr=tâbnâk}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|jasny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|brilhante}}, {{t+|pt|claro}}, {{t+|pt|luminoso}}, {{t+|pt|radiante}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|clar}}, {{t+|ro|luminos}}, {{t+|ro|strălucitor}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|я́ркий}}, {{t+|ru|я́сный}}, {{t+|ru|све́тлый}}, {{t+|ru|сия́ющий}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|अर्जुन}}, {{t+|sa|उज्ज्वल}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|bricht}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|soilleir}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|светао}}, {{t|sh|свијетао}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|svetao}}, {{t+|sh|svijetao}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|jasný}}, {{t|sk|svetlý}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|svetel}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|brillante}}, {{t+|es|claro}}, {{t+|es|lucio}}, {{t+|es|luminoso}}, {{t+|es|resplandeciente}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ljus}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|maliwanag}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|равшан}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ప్రకాశవంతమైన}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|lakᵤtse}}
* Tupinambá: {{t|tpn|endypuk}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|aydınlık}}, {{t+|tr|parlak}}
* Tuwali Ifugao: {{t|ifk|hiy'o}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|яскра́вий}}, {{t+|uk|сві́тлий}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|چمکیلا|tr=camkīlā}}, {{t|ur|روشن|tr=rauśan}}, {{t|ur|اججول|tr=ujjval}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|sáng}}, {{t+|vi|sáng sủa}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|mahayag}}, {{t|war|masuna}}
* Yagnobi: {{t|yai|рахшин}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|сырдык}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|העל}}, {{t|yi|ליכטיק}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|rosnayi}}
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{{trans-top-also|of light: brilliant, intense|brilliant|intense}}
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{{trans-see|of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre|gleaming|shiny}}
{{trans-see|of a place: not dark|well-lit}}

{{trans-top-also|of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy|fair}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|claro|m}}
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{{trans-top|of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather}}
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{{trans-top-also|of a colour: not muted or pale|bold|vivid}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|պայծառ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|жив}}, {{t+|bg|весел}}, {{t+|bg|буден}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|စို}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jasný}}
* Danish: {{t|da|livlig}}, {{t|da|munter}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bont}}, {{t+|nl|levendig}}, {{t+|nl|monter}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kirkas}}
* French: {{t+|fr|brillant|m}}, {{t+|fr|vivide|m|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|alegre}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ხასხასა}}, {{t|ka|ცოცხალი}}, {{t|ka|მკვეთრი}}
* German: {{t+|de|lebhaft}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|bjart|n}}, {{t+|is|bjartur|m}}, {{t|is|björt|f}}, {{t+|is|skær}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|vive}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|glé}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|allegro}}, {{t+|it|brillante}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|鮮明|tr=せんめい, senmei}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|gyvybingas}}, {{t|lt|ryškus}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kita}} {{qualifier|of colours}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|livlig}}, {{t+|no|lystig}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|knall-}} {{qualifier|modifying colours}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|روشن|tr=rowšan}}, {{t+|fa|زنده|tr=zende}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|alegre}}, {{t+|pt|vívido}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|я́ркий}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|bricht}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|soilleir}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|živý}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|expresivo}}, {{t+|es|vívido}}, {{t+|es|vivo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|färggrann}}, {{t+|sv|klar}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|sáng sủa}}; {{t+|vi|tươi}} {{qualifier|as in, a bright color}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|rowsan}}
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{{trans-see|of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s)|colourful}}
{{trans-see|of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible|resounding}}

{{trans-top|of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound}}
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{{trans-see|of a scent or taste: not bland or mild|bold|sharp}}
{{trans-see|of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated|pure|transparent}}
{{trans-see|glorious, illustrious|glorious|illustrious}}

{{trans-top-also|in good spirits|happy|optimistic}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jasný}}
* Danish: {{t|da|munter}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|opgeruimd}}, {{t+|nl|vrolijk}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|iloinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|heureux|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|radiante}}
* German: {{t+|de|heiter}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|glaðlegur}}, {{t|is|hýr}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|grianmhar}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|allegro}}, {{t+|it|felice}}, {{t+|it|positivo}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|frou}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|glad}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|شاد|tr=šâd}}, {{t+|fa|خوش|tr=xoš}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|alegre}}, {{t+|pt|radiante}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|bricht}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|alegre}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|glad}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|wes}}
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{{trans-see|of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness|cheerful|lively}}
{{trans-see|of a person: lively, vivacious|lively|vivacious}}
{{trans-see|of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful|prosperous|successful}}

{{trans-top|of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success}}
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{{trans-see|of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit|clever|witty}}

{{trans-top-also|having a clear, quick intellect|intelligent}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُسْتَنِير|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|مستنير|m|tr=mustanīr}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|փայլուն}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|аҡыллы}}, {{t|ba|зирәк}}, {{t|ba|башлы}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|здо́льны|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|умен}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|聰明|tr=cōngmíng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|bystrý}}
* Danish: {{t|da|kvik}}, {{t|da|opvakt}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|intelligent}}, {{t+|nl|slim}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|älykäs}}, {{t+|fi|fiksu}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t+|fi|terävä}}, {{t+|fi|välkky}}
* French: {{t+|fr|brillant|m}}, {{t+|fr|intelligent}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|brillante}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|საზრიანი}}
* German: {{t+|de|brilliant}}, {{t+|de|intelligent}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|έξυπνος}}, {{t+|el|λαμπρός}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|katupyry}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|greindarlegur}}, {{t|is|greindur}}, {{t+|is|skarpur}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|pintar}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|intelligente}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|brillante}}, {{t+|it|intelligente}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|賢い|tr=かしこい, kashikoi}}, {{t+|ja|聡明|tr=そうめい, sōmei}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|똑똑하다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|زیرەک}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|gudrus}}, {{t|lt|protingas}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|brillant}}, {{t|lb|intelligent}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|бистар}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠰᡠᡵᡝ}}, {{t|mnc|ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠴᡠᠨ}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|dyktig}}, {{t+|nb|intelligent}}, {{t+|nb|klok}}, {{t+|nb|oppvakt}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|dyktig}}, {{t|nn|intelligent}}, {{t|nn|klok}}, {{t|nn|oppvakt}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|هوشمند|tr=hušmand}}, {{t+|fa|زیرک|tr=zirak}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|brilhante}}, {{t+|pt|inteligente}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|deștept}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|у́мный}}, {{t+|ru|блестя́щий}})
* Scots: {{t|sco|bricht}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|geur}}, {{t|gd|tuigseach}}, {{t|gd|toinisgeil}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|bystrý}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|brihten}}, {{t|sl|inteligenten}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|brillante}}, {{t+|es|genial}}, {{t+|es|inteligente}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|intelligent}}, {{t+|sv|klyftig}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|matalino}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|తెలివైన}}
* Tupinambá: {{t|tpn|akangatu}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|nhanh trí}}, {{t+|vi|sáng dạ}}, {{t+|vi|sáng sủa}}, {{t+|vi|thông minh}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|baltok}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|zerq}}
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{{trans-see|of the eyes: able to see clearly; of eyesight: keen, sharp|keen|sharp}}
{{trans-see|manifest to the mind as light is to the eyes|evident|plain}}
{{trans-see|of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat|lively|upbeat}}

{{trans-top|of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion}}
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* Guaraní: {{t-check|gn|esakã}} (h), {{t-check|gn|ory}} (h)
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|terang}}, {{t-check|id|terang-benderang}}, {{t+check|id|cerah}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|clar}}, {{t-check|ia|allegre}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|subido}} {{qualifier|colour}}
* Tupinambá: {{t-check|tpn|endy}} (s), {{t-check|tpn|oryb}} (s)
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=====See also=====
* [[Appendix:English adjectives with derived terms in -en and -ness]]

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|archaic|or|literary}}
## [[brightness|Brightness]], [[glow#Noun|glow]].
##* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=III|page=85|lines=372 and 377–381|passage=Thee Father firſt they ſung Omnipotent, / {{...}} when thou ſhad'ſt / The full blaze of thy beams, and through a cloud / Drawn round about thee like a radiant Shrine, / Dark with exceſſive '''bright''' thy ſkirts appeer, / Yet dazle Heav'n, {{...}}|year=1873}}
## {{lb|en|figuratively}} [[glory#Noun|Glory]], [[splendour]].
# {{lb|en|chiefly|in the plural}} Something (especially a [[product]] [[intend]]ed for [[sale#Noun|sale]]) that has [[vivid#Adjective|vivid]] [[colour#Noun|colours]] or a [[lustrous]] [[appearance]].
# A [[person]] with a [[naturalistic]] [[worldview]] with no [[mystical]] or [[supernatural#Adjective|supernatural]] [[element#Noun|elements]].
#: {{synonyms|en|humanist|nonsupernaturalist}}
#: {{antonyms|en|super|supernaturalist}}
#: {{hyponyms|en|atheist}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=w:Richard Dawkins|title=The future looks bright|editor=w:Alan Rusbridger|newspaper=w:The Guardian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322130018/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/jun/21/society.richarddawkins|archivedate=22 March 2021|location=London|publisher=[[w:Guardian Media Group|Guardian News & Media]]|date=20 June 2003|issn=0261-3077|oclc=229952407|passage='''Brights''' constitute 60% of American scientists, and a stunning 93% of those scientists good enough to be elected to the elite National Academy of Sciences (equivalent to Fellows of the Royal Society) are '''brights'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Daniel Dennett|Daniel C[lement] Dennett]]|chapter=Breaking Which Spell?|title={{w|Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon}}|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=[[w:Viking Books|Viking]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-670-03472-7|section=part I (Opening Pandora’s Box), section 5 (Religion as a Natural Phenomenon)|page=27|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/breakingspellrel00denn/page/27/mode/1up|passage=Many of us '''brights''' have devoted considerable time and energy at some point in our lives to looking at the arguments for and against the existence of God, and many '''brights''' continue to pursue these issues, hacking away vigorously at the arguments of believers as if they were trying to refute a rival scientific theory. But not I.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:David Aikman|chapter=The Attack of the Four Horsemen|title=The Delusion of Disbelief: Why the New Atheism is a Threat to Your Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness|location=Carol Stream, Ill.|publisher=SaltRiver, [[w:Tyndale House|Tyndale House Publishers]]|month=April|year=2008|page=28|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/delusionofdisbel00aikm/page/28/mode/1up|isbn=978-1-4143-1708-3|passage=[[w:Richard Dawkins|[Richard] Dawkins]] has received appreciative letters from people who were formerly what he derisively calls "faith-heads" who have abandoned their delusions and come over to the side of the '''brights''', the pleasant green pastures where clear-eyed, brave, bold, and supremely brainy atheists graze contentedly.}}
# {{lb|en|painting}} An [[artist]]'s [[brush#Noun|brush]] used in [[acrylic]] and [[oil painting]] with a [[long#Adjective|long]] [[ferrule]] and a [[flat#Adjective|flat]], somewhat [[tapering#Adjective|tapering]] [[bristle#Noun|bristle]] [[head#Noun|head]].

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|brightness, glow|brightness}}
{{trans-see|glory, splendour|glory|splendour}}

{{trans-top|something that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance}}
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{{trans-top|person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements}}
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{{trans-top|artist’s brush with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head}}
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===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|brighte|t=brightly; (''figuratively'') brilliantly, lustrously; of colour: boldly, vividly; clearly, distinctly; of voice: loudly}}{{nb...|brighte, briȝt, briȝte, bryght, bryghte, bryht, bryȝt, bryȝte, bryȝth, (Early Middle English) brigt, brigte, brihhte, brihte, brith, briȝhte, briȝtte, bryhte, bryte, bryth, |otherforms=1}},<ref>{{R:MED Online|entry=brighte|pos=adv|id=MED6032}}</ref> from {{inh|en|ang|breohte}}, {{m|ang|beorhte}} {{qualifier|West Saxon}}{{nb...|(Late Old English) brihte, (Old English) beorte (rare), biorhte|otherforms=1}}, ultimately from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*berhtaz|t=bright, shining}};<ref>Compare {{R:OED Online|pos=adv|id=23305|date=December 2020|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=adv}}</ref> see further at [[#Etymology 1|etymology 1]].

====Adverb====
{{en-adv}}

# {{lb|en|often|literary}} In a [[bright#Adjective|bright]] [[manner]]; [[brightly]], [[glowingly]], [[luminously]], [[lustrously]].
# {{lb|en|figuratively}}
## Referring to [[colour#Noun|colour]]: with [[bold#Adjective|bold]] or [[vivid#Adjective|vivid]] colours; brightly, [[boldly]], [[vividly]].
## {{lb|en|archaic}} Referring to [[sight#Noun|sight]], [[sound#Noun|sound]], [[understanding#Noun|understanding]], etc.: [[clearly]], [[distinctly]]; brightly.

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|bright and early}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|in a bright manner|brightly}}
{{trans-see|with bold or vivid colours|boldly|vividly}}
{{trans-see|clearly, distinctly|clearly|distinctly}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{inh|en|enm|brighten|t=to illuminate; to become light, dawn; (''figuratively'') to cleanse, purify; to clarify, explain}}{{nb...|brighte, briȝte, briȝtte, bryght, (Early Middle English) beorhtiȝe (in prefixed forms), breohte (in prefixed forms), brihte, brihtte|otherforms=1}},<ref>{{R:MED Online|pos=v|id=MED6033}}</ref> from {{inh|en|ang|beorhtian|t=to brighten, shine; to sound clearly or loudly}}{{nb...|(Late Old English) brihtode, (Old English) beorhtan, berhtan, berhtia (Northumbrian), birhtan, brehta (Northumbrian), brihtan, byrhtan|otherforms=1}}, probably from {{m|ang|beorht|pos=adjective|t=bright, clear}} (see further at [[#Etymology 1|etymology 1]]) + {{m|ang|-ian|pos={{glossary|suffix}} forming {{glossary|verb}}s from {{glossary|adjective}}s and {{glossary|noun}}s}}. Later uses of the word are probably also derived from the adjective.<ref>Compare {{R:OED Online|pos=v|id=23304|date=December 2020}}</ref>

====Verb====
{{en-verb}} {{term-label|en|chiefly|Britain|dialectal}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} ''Often followed by'' '''[[up]]''': to [[cast#Verb|cast]] [[light#Noun|light]] on (someone or something); to [[brighten]], to [[illuminate]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} ''Often followed by'' '''[[up]]''': to [[cause#Verb|cause]] (someone or something) to be [[bright#Adjective|bright]] (''in various senses''); to brighten; specifically, to [[make#Verb|make]] (someone or something) [[energetic]], or [[happy]] and [[optimistic]].
#: {{synonyms|en|embrighten|q1=to cause to be bright|enliven|q2=to make energetic|delight|gladden|please|q5=to make happy}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:John Goad|J[ohn] Goad]]|chapter=The Sun, the Great Light, Justly Admired.{{nb...|Notwithstanding Alone He is Not the Absolute Cause of Heat, No Not of the Seasons of the Year, or the Constitution of the Day. Chance Excluded. An Objection Solved.}}|title=Astro-meteorologica, or, Aphorisms and Large Significant Discourses of the Natures and Influences of the Cœlestial Bodies;{{nb...|Discovered from the Variety of Alterations of the Air in Respect of the Weather, viz. Temperate or Intemperate, as to Heat or Cold, Frost, Snow, Hail, Rain, Fog, Wind, Storms, Lightning, Thunder, and Such Like Variation. Being Thirty Years Experience of the Late Learned Dr. J. Goad, who Constantly Presented Charles II. and Several Persons of Quality of this Nation, with a Months Prediction of the Weather beforehand, to His Great Credit and Reputation; wherein He Far Excell’d All that went before Him, and has Now Left the Method thereof at Large. The Like Not Extant in Any Language. The Second Edition Newly Corrected and Amended.}}|edition=2nd|location=London|publisher={{...|Printed for}} O[badiah] B[lagrave] and sold by John Sprint,{{nb...|at the Bull in Little Britain.}}|year=1686|year_published=1699|section=book I, §&nbsp;2|page=14|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=PrhRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA14|oclc=165733172|passage=Toward Mid-day he [the Sun] '''brighteth''' the Air into a chearful ''Saphir'', and guildeth the Borders of the very Clouds with a coſtly ''limbus''.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|also|figuratively}} ''Often followed by'' '''[[up]]''': to [[become]] bright (''in various senses''); to brighten.
#* {{quote-book|en|editor=Keith Ringkamp|title=The {{w|Patience Worth}} Record|location=[Morrisville, N.C.]|publisher=w:Lulu.com|year=1915|year_published=2008|volume=I|page=238|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=HPqR18mf6LUC&pg=PA238|isbn=978-1-4357-1237-9|passage=Day '''brighteth''' at the smile o' her and yea, He hath aplanted full o' seed for harvesting by thy loving.}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{en-conj|old=1}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|to cast light on (someone or something)|brighten|illuminate}}
{{trans-see|to cause (someone or something) to be bright; to become bright|brighten}}
{{trans-see|to make (someone or something) energetic|enliven}}
{{trans-see|to make (someone or something) happy and optimistic|delight|gladden}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia|brightness}}
* {{pedia|Brights movement}}
* {{pedia|bright|bright (disambiguation)}}

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