British

Signification

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.

Coupé comme

Brit‧ish

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/

Étymologie

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.

Phrases

His grandfather is British .

Son grand-père est britannique.

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

Memotech n'a pas reçu de financement qu'ils attendaient du gouvernement britannique pour ce projet.

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

Le docteur Pedro Malan a été nommé au conseil d'administration du tabac britannique P.L.C.

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

Les Britanniques étaient plus présents dans le nord du Soudan, en particulier envers Khartoum.