Bristol

See also: bristol

English

Alternative forms

• Brigstow (obsolete)
• Bristole (obsolete)
• Bristou (obsolete)
• Bristow (obsolete)
• Brizzle (informal)

Etymology

From Middle English Brigstow, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ +‎ -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hyper-correction from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more.

The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪstəl/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪstəl

Proper noun

Wikivoyage

Bristol

1. A city, county and unitary authority in south-west England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
2. A small city, the county seat of Liberty County, Florida, United States.
3. A town in Rhode Island, United States, and the traditional county seat of Bristol County.
4. A surname from Old English

Derived terms

• Bristol board
• Bristol brick
• Bristol Channel
• Bristol County
• Bristol diamond
• Bristolian
• Bristol onion
• Bristol pound
• Bristol rockcress
• Bristol stool chart
• Bristol whitebeam
• shipshape and Bristol fashion

 

Descendants

• Latin bristoliensis

Translations

city in south-west England

• Amharic: ብሪስቶል (bəristol)
• Arabic: بْرِيسْتُول m (bristul)
• Armenian: Բրիստոլ (hy) (Bristol)
• Bengali: ব্রিস্টোল (brisṭōl)
• Bulgarian: Бристъл m (Bristǎl)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 碧仙桃 (bik¹ sin¹ tou⁴)

  Mandarin: 布里斯托爾 (zh) (Bùlǐsītuō'ěr), 布里斯托尔 (zh) (Bùlǐsītuō'ěr), 布里斯托 (zh) (Bùlǐsītuō), 布里斯托 (zh) (Bùlǐsītuō) (Taiwan)

• French: Bristol (fr)
• Georgian: ბრისტოლი (brisṭoli)
• Greek: Μπρίστολ (Brístol)
• Gujarati: બ્રિસ્ટોલ (brisṭol)
• Hebrew: בריסטול (brisṭol)
• Hindi: ब्रिस्टोल (brisṭol)
• Irish: Briostó m
• Japanese: ブリストル (Burisutoru)
• Kannada: ಬ್ರಿಸ್ಟೋಲ್ (brisṭōl)
• Korean: 브리스톨 (Beuriseutol)
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• Lao: ບຣຊໂທລ (britthōn)
• Latin: Bristolium
• Latvian: Bristole f
• Lithuanian: Bristolis m
• Macedonian: Бристол m (Bristol)
• Malayalam: ബ്രിസ്ടോൽ (brisṭōl)
• Marathi: ब्रिस्टोल (brisṭol)
• Portuguese: Bristol f
• Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਟੋਲ (brisṭol)
• Russian: Бристо́ль (ru) m (Bristólʹ)
• Sinhalese: බ්රිස්ටෝල් (brisṭōl)
• Tamil: ப்ரிஸ்டோல் (prisṭōl)
• Telugu: బ్రిస్టోల్ (brisṭōl)
• Thai: บริซโทล
• Turkish: Bristol
• Ukrainian: Бристоль m (Brystolʹ)
• Uyghur: برىستول (bristol)
• Welsh: Bryste f

See also

• bristol
• Category:Bristolian English

Noun

Bristol (countable and uncountable, plural Bristols)

1. Synonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”)
2. (countable, tiddlywinks) A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.
   • 2007, Forbes (volume 180, issues 8-13, page 93)

     In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. […] Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols.

Anagrams

• strobil

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English Bristol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾis.tow/

Proper noun

Bristol f

1. Bristol (a city in the South West region, England)