Were shining (fr. Brillaient)

Translation into English

La lune et les étoiles brillaient au-dessus de nous.
The moon and stars were shining above us.
Example taken from data source: Tatoeba_v2022-03-03
Les étoiles brillaient comme des diamants.
The stars glittered like diamonds.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
Une nuit d'été, les étoiles brillantes brillaient.
One summer night, the stars were shining bright.
Example taken from data source: OpenSubtitles_v2018
Et franchement, de simples piétons, à chaque pas gênés par les broussailles, empêchés par les lianes, barrés par les troncs d'arbres, ne brillaient pas auprès de ces souples animaux, qui bondissaient de branche en branche et que rien n'arrêtait dans leur marche.
And certainly, pedestrians, hindered at each step by bushes, caught by creepers, barred by trunks of trees, did not shine beside those supple animals, who, bounding from branch to branch, were hindered by nothing on their course.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1
Des milliers de points lumineux brillaient au milieu des ténèbres.
A thousand specks of light glittered in the midst of the gloom.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1
Et ils ne brillaient pas de colère, ils brillaient d'amour, l'amour intense pour ses élèves.
And they weren't flashing in anger, they were flashing in love, intense love for her students.
Example taken from data source: TED2013_v1.1
Ses yeux brillaient comme ceux d'un chat sauvage.
Her eyes shone like a wildcat.
Example taken from data source: OpenSubtitles_v2018

Synonyms

  • luisant
  • éclataient
  • rayonnaient
  • scintillaient