BRICS

See also: brics and Brics

English

Proper noun

BRICS

1. (geopolitics, economics) Acronym of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa: an international economic organization comprising these fast-growing economies.
   • 2023 August 28, “BRICS expansion is a big win for China. But can it really work as a counterweight to the West?”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     As shown by the BRICS expansion and the long waiting list to join, Xi’s offer of an alternative world order is finding receptive ears in the Global South, where many countries feel themselves marginalized in an international system they see as dominated by the US and its wealthy allies.

Translations

BRICS

• Afrikaans: BRICS
• Arabic: بْرِيكْس m (briks)
• Armenian: ԲՌԻԿՍ (BṘIKS)
• Belarusian: БРЫКС m (BRYKS)
• Bulgarian: БРИКС m (BRIKS)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金磚五國／金砖五国 (zh) (Jīnzhuānwǔguó)

• Finnish: BRICS (fi)
• Hindi: ब्रिक्स (briks)
• Japanese: ブリックス (Burikkusu)
• Korean: 브릭스 (Beurikseu)
• Macedonian: БРИКС m (BRIKS)
• Malayalam: ബ്രിക്‌സ് (brik‌s‌)
• Marathi: ब्रिक्स (briksa)
• Mongolian: БРИКС (BRIKS)
• Polish: BRICS (pl) m
• Portuguese: BRICS (pt) m pl
• Russian: БРИКС (ru) m (BRIKS), БРЮ́КИ f pl (BRJúKI)
• Spanish: BRICS m pl or m sg or f sg
• Tamil: பிரிக் (pirik)
• Turkish: BRICS (tr)
• Ukrainian: БРІКС m (BRIKS)
• Vietnamese: BRICS

See also

• IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa)
• CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa)

Anagrams

• CBIRS, cribs

Portuguese

Proper noun

BRICS m pl or m

1. (politics, economics) BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Brics

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾiɡs/ [ˈbɾiɣ̞s]
• Rhymes: -iɡs
• Syllabification: BRICS

Proper noun

BRICS m pl or m sg or f sg

1. (geopolitics, economics) BRICS

Usage notes

It is valid both the use of the masculine plural and the masculine singular. The use of the feminine singular is also valid, although rare.