English Explanatory Dictionary

British

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain.
  2. The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
  3. The earlier inhabitants of southern Britain, prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent migrations.
  4. Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people.
name
  1. The Celtic language of the ancient Britons; Common Brittonic.
  2. The British English language.
adj
  1. Of Britain.
  2. Of the United Kingdom.
  3. Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
  4. Of England; English.
  5. Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
  6. Of the British Isles.
  7. Of British English.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/ en-uk-British.ogg [ˈbɹɪɾɪʃ] en-us-British.oga en-us-British.ogg [ˈbɹɪʔɪʃ]

Word forms

British Brittish more British most British

Etymology

From Middle English Brittish, from Old English Brettisċ. The spelling with single -t- appears in the 13th century under the influence of Medieval Latin Britannicus, but spelling with -tt- persists alongside -t- during the 13th to at least 18th centuries. In reference to the island of Great Britain from ca. 1400 (Latin natio Anglica sive Britannica, Brittisshe occean 1398, the Britishe nacion 1548). As a noun, referring to the British people, British soldiers, etc. from ca. 1600.

Synonyms

Britons Brits Welsh

Derived words

Belgo-British best of British luck Black British British America British Antarctic Territory British Columbia Britisher Britishification Britishify Britishish British Islands British Isles Britishly British Mandate British North America British Open British Raj British Togoland familial British dementia I'm British

Translations

Afrikaans: Britte Arabic: بِرِيطَانِيّ Arabic: بِرِيطَانِيَّة Burmese: ဗြိတိလျှ Catalan: britànics Chinese Cantonese: 英國人 /英国人 Chinese Mandarin: 英國人 /英国人 Czech: Britové Czech: Britonové Danish: brite Dutch: Brit Dutch: Britse Estonian: britt Faroese: breti Finnish: britit Finnish: brittiläiset French: Britannique Galician: británicos Georgian: ბრიტანელი German: Briten German: Brite German: Britin Greek: Βρετανός Greek: Βρετανή Hindi: ब्रिटिश Hindi: अंग्रेज़ी Hungarian: brit Hungarian: nagy-britanniai Icelandic: Breti Indonesian: Bangsa Inggris Indonesian: Orang Inggris Kuno Indonesian: Orang Pribumi Inggris Italian: britannici Japanese: イギリス人 Japanese: 英国人 Javanese: Bangsa Inggeris Lithuanian: britas Lithuanian: britė Macedonian: Британци Marathi: ब्रिटिश Navajo: Óola Bichʼahní dineʼé Norwegian Bokmål: brite Norwegian Nynorsk: brite Persian: بریتانیایی Polish: Brytyjczycy Portuguese: britânicos Portuguese: britões Portuguese: bretões Romanian: britanic Romanian: britanici Romanian: britonic Romanian: britonici Russian: брита́нец Russian: брита́нка Russian: брита́нцы Russian: бритт Russian: бри́ттка Russian: бри́тты Scottish Gaelic: Breatannaich Slovak: Brit Slovene: Británec Slovene: Británka Spanish: británicos Spanish: britanos Swedish: britt Swedish: brittiska Cornish: brythonik Czech: britonský Finnish: brittiläinen Finnish: britti- Hungarian: brit Norwegian Bokmål: britisk Norwegian Nynorsk: britisk Old English: Bryttisc Brytwylisc Portuguese: britônico Romanian: britonic Scottish Gaelic: Breatannach Spanish: britano Welsh: Brythonig
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