The French for shine is the verb briller

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French for shine is the regular ER verb briller, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb briller - French for shine

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of briller, which is French for shine.

• I shine.
• you shined.
• he will shine.
• we would shine.
• they may shine.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for briller, help you to practice your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat these over and over again.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE briller
Simple Tenses briller
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent shine	brille	brilles	brille	brillons	brillez	brillent
Past Imperfect Imparfait shined	brillais	brillais	brillait	brillions	brilliez	brillaient
Simple Past Passé Simple shined	brillai	brillas	brilla	brillâmes	brillâtes	brillèrent
Future Futur will shine	brillerai	brilleras	brillera	brillerons	brillerez	brilleront
Conditional Conditionnel would shine	brillerais	brillerais	brillerait	brillerions	brilleriez	brilleraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may shine	brille	brilles	brille	brillions	brilliez	brillent
Compound Tenses briller
Present Perfect Passé Composé have shined	ai brillé	as brillé	a brillé	avons brillé	avez brillé	ont brillé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had shined	avais brillé	avais brillé	avait brillé	avions brillé	aviez brillé	avaient brillé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai brillé	auras brillé	aura brillé	aurons brillé	aurez brillé	auront brillé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have shined	aurais brillé	aurais brillé	aurait brillé	aurions brillé	auriez brillé	auraient brillé
Imperative Imperatif shine!		brille		brillons	brillez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of briller the French for shine
présent de l’indicatif

je brille
- I shine
tu brilles
- you shine - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brille
- he, she, it, one shines
nous brillons
- we shine
vous brillez
- you shine (formal or plural)
ils, elles brillent
- they shine

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
imparfait de l’indicatif

je brillais
- I shined
- I was shining
tu brillais
- you shined- (familiar or informal)
- you were shining
il, elle, on brillait
- he, she, it, one shined
- he, she, it, one was shining
nous brillions
- we shined
- we were shining
vous brilliez
- you shined- (formal or plural)
- you were shining
ils, elles brillaient
- they shined
- they were shining

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
passé simple

je brillai
- I shined
tu brillas
- you shined- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brilla
- he, she, it, one shined
nous brillâmes
- we shined
vous brillâtes
- you shined- (formal or plural)
ils, elles brillèrent
they shined
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
futur

je brillerai
- I will shine
tu brilleras
- you will shine (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brillera
- he, she, it, one will shine
nous brillerons
- we will shine
vous brillerez
- you will shine (formal or plural)
ils, elles brilleront
- they will shine

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Conditional Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
conditionnel

je brillerais
- I would shine
tu brillerais
- you would shine (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brillerait
- he, she, it, one would shine
nous brillerions
- we would shine
vous brilleriez
- you would shine (formal or plural)
ils, elles brilleraient
- they would shine

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
présent de subjonctif

que je brille
- that I may shine
que tu brilles
- that you may shine(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on brille
- that he, she, it, one may shine
que nous brillions
- that we may shine
que vous brilliez
- that you may shine(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles brillent
- that they may shine

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb briller - the verb ‘to shine’ in French

Past Participle of briller is:
brillé -shined.

• I have shined
• you had shined
• he will have shined
• we would have shined

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of briller - French for shine
passé composé

Here’s the French for shine conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai brillé
- I have shined or I did shine or
- I shined
tu as brillé
- you have shined or you did shine - (familiar or informal) or
- you shined
il, elle, on a brillé
- he, she, it, one has shine or did shine
- he, she, it shined
nous avons brillé
- we have shined or we did shine
- we shined
vous avez brillé
- you have shined or you did shine (formal or plural) or
- or we shined
ils, elles ont brillé
- they have shined or they did shine
- they shined

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of briller - shine in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -shine conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais brillé
- I had shined
tu avais brillé
- you had shined- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait brillé
- he, she, it, one had shined
nous avions brillé
- we had shined
vous aviez brillé
- you had shined (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient brillé
- they had shined

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
futur antérieur

j’aurai brillé
- I will have
tu auras brillé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura brillé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons brillé
- we will have
vous aurez brillé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront brillé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
conditionnel passé

j’aurais brillé
- I would have shined
tu aurais brillé
- you would have shined- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait brillé
- he, she, it, one would have shined
nous aurions brillé
- we would have shined
vous auriez brillé
- you would have shined- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient brillé
- they would have shined

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Imperative Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
impératif

brille
- shine!
brillons
- let’s shine!
brillez
- shine!

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Present Participle of briller

brillant - shining

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