British

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain.
2. The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
3. The earlier inhabitants of southern Britain, prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent migrations.

Name

1. The Celtic language of the ancient Britons; Common Brittonic.
2. (obsolete) Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people.
3. The British English language.

Adj

1. Of Britain.
2. Of the United Kingdom.
3. Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
4. Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
5. Of the British Isles.
6. Of British English.

Konzepte

britisch

Brite

Briten

Britin

Engländer

großbritannisch

Britisches Englisch

Mit Bindestrich als

Brit‧ish

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English Brittish, from Old English Brettisċ.
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.

Sätze

His grandfather is British .

Sein Großvater ist Briten.

Memotech did not receive funding they expected from the British government for this project .

Memotech erhielt keine Mittel, die sie von der britischen Regierung für dieses Projekt erwartet hatten.

Doctor Pedro Malan was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p . l . c .

Doktor Pedro Malan wurde in den Vorstand des British American Tobacco P.L.C.

The British were more present in northern Sudan , especially towards Khartoum .

Die Briten waren im Nordsudan mehr anwesend, insbesondere gegenüber Khartum.