Britain

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Name

1. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland.
2. (countable, uncountable) Great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity.
3. (countable, uncountable) England, Scotland and Wales in combination.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Brittany.
5. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) The British Isles.
6. (countable, historical, uncountable) The British state and its dominions and holdings; the British Empire.
7. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) The British Empire.

Noun

An ancient Briton.

Adj

Briton; British.

Konzepte

Britannien

Großbritannien

Grossbritannien

Britain

Synonyme

Great Britain

United Kingdom

England

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

U.K.

🇬🇧

UK

🇬🇧

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

GB

🇬🇧

Europe

Britannia

foreign country

Übersetzungen

Grande-Bretagne

Gran Bretagna

Grã-Bretanha

Gran Bretaña

Gran Bretanya

Groot-Brittannië

Bretaña

Βρεταννία

Βρετανία

بريطانيا

Bretagna

Brittannië

Britanya

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈbɹɪt.ən/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: Britayne

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: Breten

Verwandt mit Walisisch: Prydain

Verwandt mit Old Welsh: Priten

In summary

From Middle English Britayne, Breteyn, from Anglo-Norman Bretaigne, Bretaine, from Latin Brittannia, variant of Latin Britannia, from Britannī; reinforced by native Old English Breten, from the same Latin source. Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Prɨdėn (“Britain”) from *Pritanī (also compare *Prɨdɨn (“Picts”) from *Pritenī), attested to in Ancient Greek as Πρεττανική (Prettanikḗ), compare Welsh Prydain. Doublet of Britannia and Brittany. More at Britto.

Sätze

In Britain it flowers less profusely and even has a reputation for being tender .

In Großbritannien blüht es weniger stark und hat sogar den Ruf, zärtlich zu sein.

He appears to have been taken prisoner at Yorktown , Virginia and returned to Britain .

Er scheint in Yorktown, Virginia, gefangen genommen worden zu sein und nach Großbritannien zurückzukehren.