*brillant, n.m., brilliancy, brightness, splendor, radiancy, refulgence, resplendency, luster; brilliant (diamond).
*brillanté, -e, adj., cut into a brilliant. n.m., diaper, damask.
*brillanter, v.a., to cut into a brilliant. — son style; (fig.) to load it with false ornaments.
*briller, v.n., to shine, to glitter, to sparkle, to glisten, to be bright, sparkling; to play, to blaze, to dawn, to lighten, to flourish, to gleam, to glare. Tout ce qui — n’est pas or; all that glitters is not gold.
brimbale, n.f., brake, handle of a pump.
brimbaler, v.n., (fam., l.u.) to ring, to swing, to toss.
brimborion, n.m., nicknack, bauble, gewgaw.
brin, n.m., blade, slip, slender stalk; sprig, shoot; bit, jot. Un — de romarin; a sprig of rosemary. Un beau — de bois; a fine straight piece of timber. Un beau — d’homme; a tall well-set youth. Beau — de fille; fine slip of a girl. Un — de paille; a straw. Un — de fil; a bit of thread. Il n’y en a —; there is none at all. Un — de feu; a bit of fire. De, or en, —; (of wood) unhewn.
brinde, n.f., health, toast. Porter des —s; to drink toasts. Être dans les —s; to be drunk, tipsy.
*brindille, n.f., sprig, twig.