British
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Brit·ish
(brĭt'ĭsh) 
adj.
adj.
- Of or relating to Great Britain or its people, language, or culture.
- Of or relating to the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth of Nations.
- Of or relating to the ancient Britons.
- (used with a pl. verb) The people of Great Britain.
- British English.
- The Celtic language of the ancient Britons.
[Middle English Brittish, from Old English Bryttisc, relating to the ancient Britons, from Bryttas, Britons, of Celtic origin.]
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The word British is an adjective referring in various ways to the United Kingdom or the island of Great Britain and its people and language.
- People
- British people, Britons, or Brits, subjects of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, one of the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories, and their descendants
- Britons (historical), ancient Celtic inhabitants of the island of Great Britain south of the Firth of Forth.
- British nationality law, which governs the citizens of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the British Crown dependencies
- Language
- British English, the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom
- British language (Celtic), also known as Brythonic, the ancient Celtic language once spoken in Britain, ancestral to Welsh, Cornish and Breton
- Geography
- British Isles, an archipelago in north-western Europe
- British Islands, a legal term describing the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, collectively
- British Empire (historical), the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom when it was an imperial power
- British Commonwealth, an organisation of member-states mostly from the former British Empire
- Other
- British cuisine
- British Airways, flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom
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British
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - britisk
n. - brite
Nederlands (Dutch)
Brits, Britten
Français (French)
adj. - britannique, de la Grande-Bretagne, anglais, d'Angleterre
n. - les Britanniques, les Anglais
Deutsch (German)
adj. - britisch
n. - Briten
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - οι Βρετανοί
adj. - Βρετανός, βρετανικός
Italiano (Italian)
britannici, britannico
Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - britânico
Русский (Russian)
британец, британский
Español (Spanish)
adj. - británicos, británico, de Gran Bretaña
n. - británicos, británico
Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - britterna, engelsmännen
adj. - brittisk, engelsk
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大不列颠的, 英国人的, 英国的, 英国英语的, 英国人, 英国英语
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 大不列顛的, 英國人的, 英國的, 英國英語的
n. - 英國人, 英國英語
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 영국[인]의
n. - 영국[인]
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大ブリテンの, 英国の, 英国人の
n. - 英国人, 古代ウェールズ語, イギリス英語
العربيه (Arabic)
(الجمع) البريطانيون (صفه) بريطاني
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - בריטי
n. - בן בריטניה
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