brightness
Syllables: bright·ness/ˈbɹaɪtnəs/
brightness noun: the quality of being bright.
Noun
brightness (usually uncountable, plural brightnesses)
- The quality of being bright.
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- The perceived luminance of an object.
- Intelligence, cleverness.
brightness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
brightness in Hindi
- the quality of being bright
- चमक camak
brightness in Tamil
- பொலிவு, அறிவுக்கூர்மை, வெளிச்சம், ஒளிர்வு, ஒளிப்பொலிவு, ஒளிர்மை
brightness in Marathi
- brightness
- हुशारी huśārī
brightness in Urdu
- the quality of being bright
- چمک camak
More languagesFewer languages
- brightness in Bengali
- রৌশনী rōuśoni
- brightness in Telugu
- వెలుగు velugu
- brightness in Malayalam
- തെളിച്ചം teḷiccaṁ, വിളക്കം viḷakkaṁ, അംശു aṁśu, വെളിവ് veḷivŭ
- brightness in Kannada
- ಬೆಳಗು beḷagu
- brightness in Punjabi
- ਨੂਰ nūr
- brightness in Gujarati
- પ્રકાશ prakāś
- brightness in Odia
- ପ୍ରକାଶ prakāśa
- brightness in Sanskrit
- शुक्र śukrá, शुक्ल śuklá, दीति dītí, ज्योतिस् jyótis
- brightness in Tagalog
- liwanag
- brightness in Arabic
- سُطُوع suṭūʕ
- brightness in Persian
- درخشندگی deraxšandegi
- brightness in Thai
- ความสว่าง kwaam-sà-wàang
Examples of brightness in a sentence
- My old TV set crushes the blacks when the brightness is lowered.
- Modern phones contain a light sensor that adjusts brightness.
- Many flowers close themselves at night. This nastic movement is in response to the brightness of the sky.
Forms of brightness
| plural | brightnesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | brightnesse |
Origin of brightness
From Middle English bryghtnes, brightnesse, from Old English beorhtnes (“brightness, splendor”), from Proto-West Germanic *berhtnassī, equivalent to bright + -ness. Cognate with Old High German berahtnessī, berahtnessi (“brightness”).
Words formed from brightness
Phrases with brightness
Words that rhyme with brightness
Questions about brightness
- What does brightness mean?
- Brightness means the quality of being bright.
- What is brightness in Hindi?
- Brightness in Hindi is चमक (camak). See Brightness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is brightness?
- Brightness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brightness?
- Brightness is pronounced /ˈbɹaɪtnəs/.
- What is the plural of brightness?
- The plural of brightness is brightnesses.
Words near brightness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brightness (page history and authors); brightness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); हुशारी (Marathi) (page history and authors); അംശു (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಬೆಳಗು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਨੂਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); પ્રકાશ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ପ୍ରକାଶ (Odia) (page history and authors); ज्योतिस् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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