British

british English Alternative forms en Brittish archaic Etymology From en enm Brittish, from en ang Brettisċ. The spelling with single -t- appears in the 13th century under the influence of Medieval Latin la 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 la 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. Pronunciation en /ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/ en [ˈbɹɪtɪʃ] RP en en-uk-British.ogg RP en [ˈbɹɪɾɪʃ] GA,CA,AU en en-us-British.oga GA en en-us-British.ogg US en [ˈbɹɪʔɪʃ] Cockney,Estuary English en ɪtɪʃ 2 en Brit ish Noun p en usually with definite article The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain. en Britons Brits informal The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom. en history The earlier inhabitants of southern Britain, prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent migrations. en Britons en obsolete en Welsh: the Welsh people. Translations citizens or inhabitants of Britain Afrikaans: af Britte p Arabic: ar بِرِيطَانِيّ m biriṭāniyy, ar بِرِيطَانِيَّة f biriṭāniyya Burmese: my ဗြိတိလျှ Catalan: ca britànics m-p Chinese: Cantonese: yue 英國人 jing1 gwok3 jan3 Mandarin: cmn 英國人 yīngguórén Czech: cs Britové m-p Danish: da brite c Dutch: nl Brit m, nl Britse f Estonian: et britt Faroese: fo breti m Finnish: fi britti britit French: fr Britannique m f Galician: gl británicos m-p Georgian: ka ბრიტანელი German: de Briten p, de Brite m, de Britin f Greek: el Βρετανός m, el Βρετανή f Hindi: hi ब्रिटिश, hi अंग्रेज़ी Hungarian: hu brit, hu nagy-britanniai Icelandic: is Breti m Indonesian: id Bangsa Inggris Italian: it britannici m-p Japanese: ja イギリス人 イギリスじん, igirisujin, ja 英国人 えいこくじん, eikokujin Javanese: jv Bangsa Inggeris Lithuanian: lt britas m, lt britė f Macedonian: mk Британци p Marathi: mr ब्रिटिश Navajo: nv Óola Bichʼahní dineʼé Norwegian: Bokmål: nb brite m Nynorsk: nn brite m Persian: fa بریتانیایی beritâniyâyi Polish: pl Brytyjczycy p Portuguese: pt britânicos m-p Romanian: ro britanic m, ro britanici m-p Russian: ru брита́нец m, ru брита́нка f, ru брита́нцы m-p Scottish Gaelic: gd Breatannaich m Slovak: sk Brit m Slovene: sl Británec m, sl Británka f Spanish: es británicos m-p Swedish: sv britt c, sv brittiska c Turkish: tr İngiliz Urdu: ur انگریز aṅgrez the citizens or inhabitants of the UK Afrikaans: af Britte p Burmese: my ဗြိတိလျှ Catalan: ca britànics m-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 英國人 yīngguórén Czech: cs Britové m-p Danish: da brite c Dutch: nl Brit m, nl Britse f Estonian: et britt Faroese: fo breti m Finnish: fi britti britit French: fr Britannique m f Georgian: ka ბრიტანელი German: de Briten p, de Brite m, de Britin f Greek: el Βρετανός m, el Βρετανή f Hebrew: he בריטי m briti Hindi: hi अंग्रेज़ m, hi अंग्रेज़िन f, hi ब्रिटिश Hungarian: hu brit, hu egyesült királysági, hu egyesült királyságbeli Indonesian: id Orang Inggris Italian: it britannici m-p Japanese: ja イギリス人 イギリスじん, igirisujin, ja 英国人 えいこくじん, eikokujin Javanese: jv Wong Inggeris Lithuanian: lt britas m, lt britė f Luxembourgish: lb Britte m, lb Brittin f Macedonian: mk Британци p Marathi: mr ब्रिटिश Norwegian: Bokmål: nb brite m Nynorsk: nn brite m Polish: pl Brytyjczycy p Portuguese: pt britânicos m-p Romanian: ro britanic m, ro britanic m-p Russian: ru брита́нец m, ru брита́нка f, ru брита́нцы m-p Scottish Gaelic: gd Breatannaich m Slovak: sk Brit m Spanish: es británicos m-p, es reinounidenses m-p f-p Swedish: sv britt c, sv brittiska c Turkish: tr İngiliz history: ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain Breton: br Brezhon Cornish: kw Brython Czech: cs Britonové m-p Danish: da brite c Estonian: et britt Finnish: fi britti britit, fi brittiläinen brittiläiset Hungarian: hu brit Indonesian: id Orang Inggris Kuno, id Orang Pribumi Inggris Old English: ang Bryttas, ang Bryttwealas, ang Bryttwalas Portuguese: pt britões m-p Portugal, pt bretões m-p Brazil Romanian: ro britonic m, ro britonici m-p Russian: ru бритт m, ru бри́ттка f, ru бри́тты m-p Scottish Gaelic: gd Breatannaich m Spanish: es britanos m-p Welsh: cy Brython Proper noun The Celtic language of the ancient Britons; Common Brittonic. en chiefly US The British English language. Translations the British English language British English Afrikaans: af Britse Engels Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 英國英語 yīngguóyǔ Danish: da britisk engelsk Dutch: nl Brits-Engels n Finnish: fi britannianenglanti French: fr anglais britannique m German: de Britisches Englisch n Greek: el αγγλικά n-p Hungarian: hu brit, hu brit angol Indonesian: id Bahasa Inggris Japanese: ja イギリス英語 Igirisu eigo, ja 英英語 えいえいご, eieigo or ja 英々語 えいえいご, eieigo Javanese: jv Basa Inggeris Macedonian: mk британски англиски m Marathi: mr ब्रिटिश इंग्रजी, mr ब्रिटिश इंग्लिश Norwegian: Bokmål: nb britisk engelsk m Nynorsk: nn britisk engelsk m Portuguese: pt inglês britânico Romanian: ro engleză britanică f Russian: ru бри́танский а́нглийский m Swedish: sv brittisk engelska c Turkish: tr İngiliz İngilizcesi Ukrainian: uk Британська англійська мова f Welsh: cy Saesneg Prydain m Hebrew: he בריטים m-p (brit'im), he בריטיות f-p (brit'iot) Maltese: mt Brittaniku m, mt Brittanika f, mt Brittaniċi p Thai: th คนอังกฤษ (kon ang-grìt) Adjective Of Britain. Of the United Kingdom. Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire. en informal proscribed Of England; English. en historical Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic. en historical Of the British Isles. Of British English. Derived terms en n British Warm British Antarctic Territory best of British luck British Islands British Columbia British Togoland British Isles British North America British Raj British America Britisher Brasian Brindian Britcom Britglish Britishise Britishism Britishize Britishman Britishness Britishry Britlish unBritish Britishification Britishify Belgo-British Britishish Britishly Black British black British British Mandate British Open familial British dementia I'm British Translations of Britain Afrikaans: af Brits Albanian: sq britanik Arabic: ar بِرِيطَانِيّ biriṭāniyy, ar بَرِيطَانِيّ Armenian: hy բրիտանական Assamese: as ব্ৰিটিছ, as বিলাতী Asturian: ast británicu Azerbaijani: az britaniyalı, az britaniya Belarusian: be брыта́нскі Bengali: bn ব্রিটিশ Bulgarian: bg брита́нски Burmese: my ဗြိတိသျှ Catalan: ca britànic Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 英國 英國的 Yīngguó de Czech: cs britský Danish: da britisk Dutch: nl Brits Esperanto: eo brita Estonian: et briti Faroese: fo bretskur Finnish: fi brittiläinen, fi britti-, fi britannialainen French: fr britannique m f Georgian: ka ბრიტანული German: de britisch, de großbritannisch Greek: el βρετανικός m Hebrew: he בְּרִיטִי briti Hindi: hi अंग्रेज़ी, hi ब्रिटिश Hungarian: hu brit Icelandic: is breskur Indonesian: id Inggris Irish: ga Briotanach Italian: it britannico Japanese: ja イギリス イギリスの Igirisu no, ja 英国 英国の Eikoku no Kazakh: kk британдық, kk британиялық Khmer: km ប៊្រីតថេន Korean: ko 영국 ^영국-의 Kyrgyz: ky британиялык Latin: la Britanniae Latvian: lv britu, lv britisks Lithuanian: lt britų, lt britiškas Luxembourgish: lb brittesch Macedonian: mk британски Māori: mi a Peretānia, mi o Peretānia Norwegian: Bokmål: nb britisk Nynorsk: nn britisk Occitan: oc britanic Persian: fa بِریتانِیایی beritâniyâyi Polish: pl brytyjski Portuguese: pt britânico Romanian: ro britanic Russian: ru брита́нский Scottish Gaelic: gd Breatannach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh британски Latin: sh britanski Slovak: sk britský Slovene: sl británski Spanish: es británico Swedish: sv brittisk Tajik: tg британӣ Thai: th บริเตน Turkish: tr İngiliz Ukrainian: uk брита́нський Urdu: ur بَرْطانْوِی, ur بِرْٹِش, ur اَن٘گْریزی Uyghur: ug برىتانىيىلىك, ug برىتانىيە Uzbek: uz britaniyalik, uz britaniya Vietnamese: vi Anh, vi đảo Anh Welsh: cy Prydeinig Yiddish: yi בריטיש colloquial: of the UK Afrikaans: af Brits Armenian: hy բրիտանական Asturian: ast británicu Catalan: ca britànic Czech: cs britský Dutch: nl Brits Faroese: fo bretskur Finnish: fi brittiläinen, fi britti-, fi englantilainen, fi englantilainen englantilais-, fi britannialainen Georgian: ka ბრიტანული German: de britisch Hindi: hi ब्रिटिश, hi अंग्रेज़ी Hungarian: hu brit, hu egyesült királysági, hu egyesült királyságbeli Japanese: ja イギリス イギリスの Igirisu no, ja 英国 英国の Eikoku no Korean: ko 영국 ^영국-의 Luxembourgish: lb brittesch Macedonian: mk британски Norwegian: Bokmål: nb britisk Nynorsk: nn britisk Persian: fa بریتانیایی beritâniyâyi Polish: pl brytyjski Portuguese: pt britânico Romanian: ro britanic Russian: ru брита́нский Scottish Gaelic: gd Breatannach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh британски Latin: sh britanski Spanish: es británico, es reinounidense Swedish: sv brittisk Tajik: tg британӣ Vietnamese: vi Anh Welsh: cy Prydeinig history: of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain Breton: br Cornish: kw brythonik Czech: cs britonský Finnish: fi brittiläinen, fi britti- Hungarian: hu brit Norwegian: Bokmål: nb britisk Nynorsk: nn britisk Old English: ang Bryttisc ang Brytwylisc Portuguese: pt britônico m Romanian: ro britonic Scottish Gaelic: gd Breatannach Spanish: es britano Welsh: cy Brythonig Hebrew: he בריטי m (brit'i), he בריטית f (brit'it) References Further reading British a. (sb.) yes I 1,113–1,114 1113 en proper adjectives en British demonyms Ethnonyms Languages Nationalities People United Kingdom Wales