brits

See also: Brits

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪts/
• Rhymes: -ɪts

Noun

brits

1. plural of brit

Anagrams

• Brist, birts, tribs

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bryts (“lattice”), from Middle High German britze, from Old High German [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɪts/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: brits
• Rhymes: -ɪts
• Homophone: Brits

Noun

brits f (plural britsen)

1. a berth, a bunk

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Brittō or its Celtic equivalent (see Brython), probably via some other European language (cf. German Brite, Russian бритт (britt)).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

brits m (1st declension, feminine form: britiete)

1. a Briton, a British man, a man born in Great Britain; a citizen of the United Kingdom

   es esmu brits ― I am a British man

2. (genitive plural): British; pertaining to Great Britain or the United Kingdom and its people

   britu armija ― the British army

   Britu impērija ― the British Empire

   Britu Kolumbija ― British Columbia (Canadian province)

3. (loosely) an Englishman
4. (historical, in the plural) the Britons, members of the Celtic tribes that lived in southern Britain at the time of the Roman conquest

   5. gadsimtā pirms mūsu ēras Britu salas iekaroja ķeltu ciltis: briti un skoti ― in the 5th century BC Celtic tribes - the Britons and the Scots (Gaels) - conquered the British Isles

Declension

Declension of brits (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	brits	briti
accusative (akuzatīvs)	britu	britus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	brita	britu
dative (datīvs)	britam	britiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	britu	britiem
locative (lokatīvs)	britā	britos
vocative (vokatīvs)	brit	briti

Synonyms

• anglis

Derived terms

• britisks
• Britu salas

Related terms

• Lielbritānija, Britānija

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German britsche, briske, from Low German bret (“board”). Attested since circa 1780. Cognate of German Pritsche, Danish brisk, Old High German britissa. Doublet of bräde.

Noun

brits c

1. cot (simple bench to lie down on)

Declension

Declension of brits

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	brits	brits
	definite	britsen	britsens
plural	indefinite	britsar	britsars
	definite	britsarna	britsarnas

References

• brits in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• brits in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• brits in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• brits in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)