English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English Brittish Old English Brettisċ [1] -t- appears in the 13th century under the influence of Medieval Latin Britannicus -tt- persists alongside -t- during the 13th to 17th 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.
Pronunciation [ edit ] British pl plural only )( usually with definite article )
The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain .
Synonyms: Britons ( informal ) Brits
The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom .
( history ) Anglo-Saxon invasion.
Synonym: Britons Translations [ edit ] citizens or inhabitants of Britain
Afrikaans: Britte pl
Arabic: بِرِيطَانِيّ (ar) m ( biriṭāniyy ) , بِرِيطَانِيَّة f ( biriṭāniyya )
Burmese: ဗြိတိလျှ ( bri.ti.hlya. )
Catalan: britànics (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Cantonese: 英國人 ／ 英国人 ( jing1 gwok3 jan3 )
Mandarin: 英國人 ／ 英国人 (zh) ( yīngguórén )
Czech: Britové (cs) m pl
Danish: brite c
Dutch: Brit (nl) m Britse (nl) f
Estonian: britt (et)
Faroese: breti m
Finnish: britit (fi)
French: Britannique (fr) m or f
Galician: británicos m pl
German: Briten (de) pl Brite (de) m Britin (de) f
Greek: Βρετανός (el) m ( Vretanós ) , Βρετανή f ( Vretaní )
Hindi: ब्रिटिश (hi) ( briṭiś ) , अंग्रेज़ी (hi) ( aṅgrezī )
Hungarian: brit (hu) , nagy-britanniai
Icelandic: Breti m
Indonesian: Bangsa Inggris
Italian: britannici (it) m pl
Japanese: イギリス人 (ja) ( イギリスじん, igirisujin ) , 英国人 (ja) ( えいこくじん, eikokujin )
Javanese: Bangsa Inggeris
Lithuanian: britas (lt) m britė (lt) f
Macedonian: Британци pl ( Britanci )
Marathi: ब्रिटिश ( briṭiś )
Navajo: Óola Bichʼahní dineʼé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brite (no) m
Nynorsk: brite m
Persian: بریتانیایی ( beritâniyâyi )
Polish: Brytyjczycy pl
Portuguese: britânicos m pl
Romanian: britanic (ro) m britanici m pl
Russian: брита́нец (ru) m ( británec ) , брита́нка (ru) f ( británka ) , брита́нцы (ru) m pl ( británcy )
Scottish Gaelic: Breatannaich m
Slovak: Brit m
Slovene: Británec m Británka f
Spanish: británicos (es) m pl
Swedish: britt (sv) c brittiska (sv) c
Turkish: İngiliz (tr)
the citizens or inhabitants of the UK
Afrikaans: Britte pl
Burmese: ဗြိတိလျှ ( bri.ti.hlya. )
Catalan: britànics (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 英國人 ／ 英国人 (zh) ( yīngguórén )
Czech: Britové (cs) m pl
Danish: brite c
Dutch: Brit (nl) m Britse (nl) f
Estonian: britt (et)
Faroese: breti m
Finnish: britit (fi)
French: Britannique (fr) m or f
German: Briten (de) pl Brite (de) m Britin (de) f
Greek: Βρετανός (el) m ( Vretanós ) , Βρετανή f ( Vretaní )
Hebrew: בריטי (he) m ( briti )
Hindi: अंग्रेज़ m ( aṅgrez ) , अंग्रेज़िन f ( aṅgrezin ) , ब्रिटिश (hi) ( briṭiś )
Hungarian: brit (hu) , egyesült királysági egyesült királyságbeli
Indonesian: Orang Inggris
Italian: britannici (it) m pl
Japanese: イギリス人 (ja) ( イギリスじん, igirisujin ) , 英国人 (ja) ( えいこくじん, eikokujin )
Javanese: Wong Inggeris
Lithuanian: britas (lt) m britė (lt) f
Macedonian: Британци pl ( Britanci )
Marathi: ब्रिटिश ( briṭiś )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brite (no) m
Nynorsk: brite m
Polish: Brytyjczycy pl
Portuguese: britânicos m pl
Romanian: britanic (ro) m britanic (ro) m pl
Russian: брита́нец (ru) m ( británec ) , брита́нка (ru) f ( británka ) , брита́нцы (ru) m pl ( británcy )
Scottish Gaelic: Breatannaich m
Slovak: Brit m
Spanish: británicos (es) m pl
Swedish: britt (sv) c brittiska (sv) c
Turkish: İngiliz (tr)
history: ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain
Proper noun [ edit ] British
The Celtic language of the ancient Britons; Common Brittonic .
( obsolete ) Synonym of Welsh : the Welsh people .( chiefly US ) British English language.Translations [ edit ] the British English language
Translations to be checked
Adjective [ edit ] British (comparative more Britishsuperlative most British
Of Britain .
Of the United Kingdom .
Of the Commonwealth of Nations , or the British Empire .
( historical ) Brythonic .( historical ) British Isles .Of British English . Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] of Britain
Afrikaans: Brits
Albanian: britanik (sq)
Arabic: بِرِيطَانِيّ (ar) ( biriṭāniyy ) , بَرِيطَانِيّ (ar) ( barīṭāniyy )
Armenian: բրիտանական ( britanakan )
Assamese: ব্ৰিটিছ ( britis ) , বিলাতী ( bilati )
Azerbaijani: britaniyalı britaniya
Belarusian: брыта́нскі ( brytánski )
Bengali: ব্রিটিশ (bn) ( briṭiś )
Bulgarian: брита́нски ( británski )
Burmese: ဗြိတိသျှ ( bri.ti.hsya. )
Catalan: britànic (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 英國的 ／ 英国的 (zh) ( Yīngguó de )
Czech: britský (cs)
Danish: britisk
Dutch: Brits (nl)
Estonian: briti
Faroese: bretskur
Finnish: brittiläinen (fi) , britti -
French: britannique (fr) m or f
Georgian: ბრიტანული ( briṭanuli )
German: britisch (de) , großbritannisch (de)
Greek: βρετανικός (el) m ( vretanikós )
Hebrew: בְּרִיטִי (he) ( briti )
Hindi: अंग्रेज़ी (hi) ( aṅgrezī ) , ब्रिटिश (hi) ( briṭiś )
Hungarian: brit (hu)
Icelandic: breskur (is)
Indonesian: Inggris (id)
Irish: Briotanach
Italian: britannico (it)
Japanese: イギリスの (ja) ( Igirisu no ) , 英国の (ja) ( Eikoku no )
Kazakh: британдық ( britandyq ) , британиялық ( britaniälyq )
Khmer: ប៊្រីតថេន ( priittheen )
Korean: 영국의 (ko) ( yeonggug-ui )
Kyrgyz: британиялык ( britaniyalık )
Latin: Britanniae
Latvian: britu britisks
Lithuanian: britų britiškas
Luxembourgish: brittesch
Macedonian: британски ( britanski )
Maori: a Peretānia o Peretānia
Norwegian:
Bokmål: britisk
Nynorsk: britisk
Occitan: britanic
Persian: بِریتانِیایی ( beritâniyâyi )
Polish: brytyjski (pl)
Portuguese: britânico (pt)
Romanian: britanic (ro)
Russian: брита́нский (ru) ( británskij )
Scottish Gaelic: Breatannach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: британски
Roman: britanski (sh)
Slovak: britský (sk)
Slovene: británski (sl)
Spanish: británico (es)
Swedish: brittisk (sv)
Tajik: британӣ ( britanī )
Thai: บริเตน ( brì-dteen )
Turkish: İngiliz (tr)
Ukrainian: брита́нський (uk) ( brytánsʹkyj )
Urdu: بَرْطانْوِی ( bartānvī ) , بِرْٹِش ( birṭiś ) , اَن٘گْریزی (ur) ( aṅgrezī )
Uyghur: برىتانىيىلىك ( britaniyilik ) , برىتانىيە ( britaniye )
Uzbek: britaniyalik britaniya
Vietnamese: Anh (vi) , đảo Anh (vi)
Welsh: Prydeinig (cy)
Yiddish: בריטיש ( british )
history: of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain
Translations to be checked
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