Brit

See also: brit, Brit., Brit-, and břit

English

Etymology

1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

Brit (plural Brits)

1. (informal, formerly offensive) A British person.
2. A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.

Derived terms

• West Brit (derogatory)

Translations

British person — see Briton

Adjective

Brit (comparative more Brit, superlative most Brit)

1. Abbreviation of British.

Proper noun

Brit

1. Abbreviation of Britain.
   • 1971, U.S. News & World Report, page 30:

     If Brit joins Common Market . . .; terms for Brit's entry agreed upon, U S will face new econ, political, defense problems when Brit joins EEC; […]

   • 1999, Who's Who in Asia and the Pacific Nations, 4th edition, Routledge, page 445:

     Worked extensively in Brit and USA on behaviour of biol fluids, particularly blood, also lectured in Brit, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Can, USA, 1960s; […]

   • 1996, Michael S. Shull, David Edward Wilt, Hollywood War Films, 1937–1945: An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 102:

     34 EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT (TCF, Dec) Irving Cummings; genre: Drama; locations: Switzerland, Brit, France; coding: Ital, Pol, Jew, Ger, US-Brit Coop, For Corr, Nazi, Atroc-Conc, Pacifism, Ref, Brit, Am Icons; biases: Anti-Nazi, Pacifist?.

2. (lexicography) Abbreviation of British English.
3. The River Brit, a short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay.

Derived terms

• Britsploitation

Anagrams

• trib, Trib, BIRT, trib., Birt, birt

Afrikaans

Noun

Brit (plural Britte, diminutive Britjie)

1. Briton, Brit (person from the United Kingdom or of British descent)

Related terms

• Brits
• Brittanje

See also

• Verenigde Koninkryk

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɪt]

Noun

Brit m anim (female equivalent Britka)

1. Briton

Declension

Declension of Brit (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Brit	Britové
genitive	Brita	Britů
dative	Britovi, Britu	Britům
accusative	Brita	Brity
vocative	Brite	Britové
locative	Britovi, Britu	Britech
instrumental	Britem	Brity

Further reading

• “Brit”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “Brit”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɪt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Brit
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

Brit m (plural Britten, diminutive Britje n)

1. Brit, Briton

Derived terms

• Brits

Norwegian

Proper noun

Brit

1. a diminutive of the female given name Birgitte, variant of Britt