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Etymology
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From Middle English Brittish, from Old English Brettisċ.[1]
The spelling with single -t- appears in the 13th century under the influence of Medieval Latin Britannicus, but spelling with -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.
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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) The ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain before the Anglo-Saxon invasion.
- Synonym: Britons
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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)
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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)
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history: ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain
Proper noun
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British
- The Celtic language of the ancient Britons; Common Brittonic.
- (obsolete) Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people.
- (chiefly US) The British English language.
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the British English language
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British (comparative more British, superlative most British)
- Of Britain.
- Of the United Kingdom.
- Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
- (historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
- (historical) Of the British Isles.
- Of British English.
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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-, britannialainen
- 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)
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history: of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain
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