British

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

Brits

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Brit

Britse

Angelsaksisch

Synoniemen

Briton

English

British people

Brits

Britisher

European

Brit

Britannic

imperial

foreign

britisher

limey

Anglican

Met koppelteken als

Brit‧ish

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.

Zinnen

His grandfather is British .

Zijn grootvader is Brits.

He also became British Trials Champion .

Hij werd ook Britse proevenkampioen.

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

Memotech ontving geen financiering die ze van de Britse regering hadden verwacht voor dit project.

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

Doctor Pedro Malan werd benoemd in het bestuur van de Britse Amerikaanse tabak P.L.C.

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

De Britten waren meer aanwezig in Noord -Sudan, vooral tegen Khartoem.

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

De Britten eisten op hun beurt dat Zaghloul zijn politieke agitatie beëindigde.

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

De woningvoorraad is bijna uitsluitend met eigenaar bezette huizen van conventioneel Brits ontwerp.

The track listings for the British and American editions vary .

De tracklijsten voor de Britse en Amerikaanse edities variëren.