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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]brits
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch bryts (“lattice”), from Middle High German britze, from Old High German [Term?].
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brits f (plural britsen)
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin Brittō or its Celtic equivalent (see Brython), probably via some other European language (cf. German Brite, Russian бритт (britt)).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]brits m (1st declension, feminine form: britiete)
- 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
- (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)
- (loosely) an Englishman
- (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
[edit]Declension of brits (1st declension)
Synonyms
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[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]brits c
- cot (simple bench to lie down on)
Declension
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | brits | britsen | britsar | britsarna |
Genitive | brits | britsens | britsars | britsarnas |
References
[edit]- 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)
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