brits

See also: Brits

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪts/

Noun

brits

1. plural of brit

Anagrams

• Brist, birts, tribs

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Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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