British

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

britannique

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Britannique

anglais britannique

britanniques

Synonymes

Briton

English

British people

Brits

Britisher

European

Brit

Britannic

imperial

foreign

britisher

limey

Anglican

Coupé comme

Brit‧ish

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

He also became British Trials Champion .

Il est également devenu champion des essais britanniques.

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.

The British in turn demanded that Zaghloul end his political agitation .

Les Britanniques ont à leur tour exigé que Zaghloul mette fin à son agitation politique.

The housing stock is almost exclusively owner-occupied houses of conventional British design .

Le stock de logements est presque exclusivement des maisons occupées par le propriétaire de conception britannique conventionnelle.

The track listings for the British and American editions vary .

Les listes de pistes pour les éditions britanniques et américaines varient.