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il brillait

was shining, shone, excelled

→ briller
brill to shine, to sparkle + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #24,838
was shining, shone
FR: La lune brillait dans le ciel.
EN: The moon was shining in the sky.
excelled
FR: Elle brillait en mathématiques.
EN: She excelled in math.
Conjugation of briller
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third brillait brillaient

L'or brillait au soleil.

The gold glittered in the sun.

Le soleil brillait fort.

The sun was shining brightly.

Elle brillait moins que la tienne.

It shone less brightly than yours.

— Lust, Caution (2007)

Une lumière brillait derrière moi, mais je ne pouvais me retourner.

A light was shining behind me, but I couldn’t turn around.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi (2003)

Le soleil brillait, pourtant il faisait froid.

The sun was shining, yet it was cold.

Et là où le soleil brillait, il allait se réchauffer.

And where the sun shone, he would warm himself.

— The Witch (2016)

Le lendemain, c'est fou comme ma peau brillait.

The next day, it was crazy how radiant my skin looked.

— Les Bonnes étoiles (2022)

Le soleil brillait de mille feux.

The sun was shining brightly.

Et elle brillait au soleil.

And it was shining in the sun.

— Heureux comme Lazzaro (2018)

Il brillait par son absence.

He was conspicuous by his absence.

Le soleil brillait et le sable du désert semblait chaud.

The sun was shining and the desert sand felt warm.

Elle brillait de tout l'éclat de ses vingt ans.

She radiated all the glow of her twenty years.

L'armure du chevalier brillait au soleil.

The knight's armor gleamed in the sunlight.

J'ai vu ça qui brillait.

I saw this shining.

— Les Diaboliques (1955)