English-Thai Dictionary

Britain

N อังกฤษ  United Kingdom ang-krid

 

British

ADJ ชาวอังกฤษ  chaow-ang-krid

 

Britisher

N คน อังกฤษ  kon-ang-krid

 

Briton

N คน อังกฤษ  kon-ang-krid

 

Britpop

N เพลง ที่ นิยม ใน อังกฤษ เมื่อ ปี ค .ศ  1990 pleng-ti ni-yom-nai-ang-krid-muea-pe

 

britannia

N ชื่อ รวม ของ เกาะ อังกฤษ  เวลลส์  สกอตแลนด์ และ เกาะ ไอร์แลนด์  chue-ruam-kong-kor-ang-kid-wels-sa-kot-land-lae-kor-i-land

 

britannic

A เกี่ยวกับ  Britain

 

briticism

N ภาษาอังกฤษ ที่ เป็น ลักษณะเฉพาะ ตัว 

 

british

A เกี่ยวกับ  britain

 

britisher

N ชาวอังกฤษ 

 

britishism

N ภาษาอังกฤษ ที่ เป็น ลักษณะเฉพาะ ตัว  ขนบธรรมเนียมประเพ ณี เฉพาะตัว ของ ชาวอังกฤษ  briticism

 

briton

A ที่ เกี่ยวกับ ชาวอังกฤษ 

 

brittle

ADJ เปราะ  หัก ง่าย  บอบบาง  แตก ง่าย  fragile bang

 

brittle

N ขนมหวานช นิดหนึ่ง  kha-nom-wan-cha-nid-nueng

 

brittleness

N เปราะบาง  fragileness pro-bang

 

britzska

N รถม้าช นิดหนึ่ง  britska

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BRIT

n.A fish; probably a different orthography of bret, or burt.

 

BRITANNIC

a.Pertaining to Britain; or in its present use, to Great Britain. It is applied almost exclusively to the title of the king; as his Britannic Majesty. In the Encyclopedia, article Argo Navis, it is applied to catalogue, the Britannic catalogue.

 

BRITCH

n.The large end of a cannon or of a musket; the club or thick part of the stock of a musket or other fire arm.

 

BRITCH

v.t.To fasten with britching.

 

BRITCHING

n.A strong rope, fastened to the cascabel or pummelion of a cannon, by a thimble, and clinched to ring bolts in the ship's side, to prevent it from recoiling too much in battle.

 

BRITE, BRIGHT

v.i.To be or become over ripe, as wheat, barley or hops. [I know not that this word is used in the U. States. ]

 

BRITISH

a.Pertaining to Great Britain or its inhabitants. It is sometimes applied to the language of the Welsh.

 

BRITON

n.A native of Britain.

 

BRITON

a.British.

 

BRITTLE

a.[Heb. to part, to break. See Part. ] Easily broken or easily breaking short, without splinters or loose parts rent from the substance; fragile; not tough or tenacious; as brittle stone or glass.

 

BRITTLELY

adv. In a brittle manner.

 

BRITTLENESS

n.Aptness to break; fragility; opposed to toughness and tenacity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BRIT; BRITT

BRIT; BRITT Brit, Britt, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat. (b ) The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca ) upon which the right whales feed.

 

BRITANNIA

Bri *tan "ni *a, n. Etym: [From L. Britannia Great Britain. ]

 

Defn: A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and isused for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.

 

BRITANNIC

Bri *tan "nic, a. Etym: [L. Britannicus, fr. Britannia Great Britain. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her Britannic Majesty.

 

BRITE; BRIGHT

BRITE; BRIGHT Brite, Bright, v. t.

 

Defn: To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

BRITICISM

BRITICISM Brit "i *cism, n.

 

Defn: A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.

 

BRITISH

Brit "ish, a. Etym: [AS. Brittisc, Bryttisc.]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restrict to the original inhabitants. British gum, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of about 6 ° Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum in stiffering goods. -- British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain. -- British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain.

 

BRITISH

BRITISH Brit "ish, n. pl.

 

Defn: People of Great Britain.

 

BRITISHER

BRITISHER Brit "ish *er, n.

 

Defn: An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service. [Now used jocosely ]

 

BRITON

Brit "on, a. Etym: [AS. bryten Britain. ]

 

Defn: British. [Obs. ] Spenser. -- n.

 

Defn: A native of Great Britain.

 

BRITTLE

Brit "tle, a. Etym: [OE. britel, brutel, AS. bryttian to dispense, fr. breótan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw. bryta, Dan. bryde. Cf. Brickle. ]

 

Defn: Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton. Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.

 

BRITTLELY

BRITTLELY Brit "tle *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a brittle manner. Sherwood.

 

BRITTLENESS

BRITTLENESS Brit "tle *ness, n.

 

Defn: Aptness to break; fragility.

 

BRITTLE STAR

BRITTLE STAR Brit "tle star `.

 

Defn: Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.

 

BRITZSKA

Britz "ska, n. Etym: [Russ. britshka; cf. Pol. bryczka, dim. of bryka freight wagon. ]

 

Defn: A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Brit

Brit |brit brɪt | informal ▶noun a British person. ▶adjective British. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: abbreviation.

 

Britain

Brit ain |ˈbritn ˈbrɪtn | an island that consists of England, Wales, and Scotland. The name is broadly synonymous with Great Britain, but the longer form is more usual for the political unit. See also Great Britain, United Kingdom. ORIGIN Old English Breoton, from Latin Brittones ‘Britons, ’ superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French Bretaigne (from Latin Brit (t )annia ).

 

Britain, Battle of

Britain, Battle of a series of air battles fought over Britain during August –October 1940, in which the RAF successfully resisted raids by the numerically superior German air force. This led Hitler to abandon plans to invade Britain, although the Germans continued to bomb British cities by night for several months afterwards.

 

Britannia

Bri tan ni a |briˈtanyə, -ˈtanēə brɪˈtænjə | the personification of Britain, usually depicted as a helmeted woman with shield and trident. The figure had appeared on Roman coins and was revived with the name Britannia on the coinage of Charles II. ORIGIN the Latin name for Britain .

 

Britannia metal

Bri tan ni a met al ▶noun a silvery alloy consisting of tin with about 5 –15 percent antimony and typically some copper, lead, or zinc.

 

Britannia silver

Bri ¦tan |nia sil ¦ver ▶noun [ mass noun ] hallmarked silver that is at least 95.8 per cent pure.

 

Britannic

Bri tan nic |briˈtanik brɪˈtænɪk | ▶adjective dated (usually in names or titles ) of Britain or the British Empire: he answered His Britannic Majesty's call to arms. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin Britannicus, from Britannia (see Britannia ).

 

britches

britch es |ˈbriCHiz ˈbrɪtʃɪz | ▶plural noun variant spelling of breeches. PHRASES too big for one's britches see big.

 

brith

brith |bris, brit brɪs | ▶noun another term for bris. ORIGIN For brith milah, from Hebrew berit mila ‘covenant of circumcision ’ (Gen 17:9 –10 ).

 

Briticism

Brit i cism |ˈbritiˌsizəm ˈbrɪdəˌsɪzəm |(also Britishism |ˈbritiSHˌizəm |) ▶noun an idiom used in Britain but not in other English-speaking countries. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from British, on the pattern of words such as Gallicism .

 

British

Brit ish |ˈbritiSH ˈbrɪdɪʃ | ▶adjective 1 of or relating to Great Britain or the United Kingdom, or to its people or language. 2 of the British Commonwealth or (formerly ) the British Empire. ▶noun (as plural noun the British ) the British people. DERIVATIVES Brit ish ness noun ORIGIN Old English Brettisc ‘relating to the ancient Britons, ’ from Bret ‘Briton, ’ from Latin Britto, or its Celtic equivalent.

 

British Academy

Brit |ish Acad |emy an institution founded in 1901 for the promotion of historical, philosophical, and philological studies.

 

British Antarctic Territory

Brit ish Ant arc tic Ter ri to ry that part of Antarctica claimed by Britain. It includes about 150,058 square miles (388,500 sq km ) of the continent of Antarctica as well as the South Orkney and South Shetland islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

 

British Broadcasting Corporation

Brit ish Broad cast ing Cor po ra tion (abbr.: BBC ) a public corporation for radio and television broadcasting in Britain. The BBC was established in 1927 by royal charter and held a monopoly until the introduction of the first commercial TV station in 1954. It is financed by the sale of television viewing licenses rather than by revenue from advertising and has an obligation to remain impartial in its reporting.

 

British Columbia

Brit ish Co lum bi a |brɪtɪʃkəˈlʌmbiə | a province on the western coast of Canada; pop. 4,113,487 (2006 ); capital, Victoria. Formed in 1866 by the union of Vancouver Island and the mainland area, then called New Caledonia, the province includes the Queen Charlotte Islands.

 

British Commonwealth

Brit ish Com mon wealth see commonwealth ( sense 2 ).

 

British Council

Brit |ish Council an organization established in 1934 with the aims of promoting a wider knowledge of Britain and the English language abroad, and of developing closer cultural relations with other countries.

 

British Empire

Brit ish Em pire a former empire consisting of Great Britain and its possessions, dominions, and dependencies. Colonization of North America and domination of India began in the 17th century. A series of small colonies, mostly in the West Indies, was gained during the late 17th –early 19th centuries, and Australia, New Zealand, various parts of the Far East, and large areas of Africa were added in the 19th century. Self-government was granted to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa in the mid 19th century, and most of the remaining colonies have gained independence since the end of World War II.

 

British English

Brit ish Eng lish |ˈˌbrɪdɪʃ ˈɪŋ (ɡ )lɪʃ | ▶noun English as used in Great Britain, as distinct from that used elsewhere.

 

Britisher

Brit ish er |ˈbritiSHər ˈbrɪdɪʃər | ▶noun informal (in North America and old-fashioned British English ) a native or inhabitant of Britain.

 

British Expeditionary Force

Brit ish Ex pe di tion ar y Force (abbr.: BEF ) a British force made available by the army reform of 1908 for service overseas against foreign countries. Such forces were sent to France at the outbreak of both world wars.

 

British India

Brit ish In di a that part of the Indian subcontinent administered by the British from 1765, when the East India Company acquired control over Bengal, until 1947, when India became independent and Pakistan was created. See also India.

 

British Indian Ocean Territory

Brit ish In di an O cean Ter ri to ry a British overseas territory in the Indian Ocean that consists of the islands of the Chagos Archipelago and (until 1976 ) some other groups that now belong to the Seychelles. Ceded to Britain by France in 1814, the islands became a separate dependency in 1965.

 

British Isles

Brit ish Isles a group of islands lying off the coast of northwestern Europe, from which they are separated by the North Sea and the English Channel. They include Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands, the Scilly Isles, and the Channel Islands.

 

Britishism

Brit ish ism |ˈbritəˌSHizəm ˈbrɪdəˌʃɪzəm | ▶noun variant spelling of Briticism.

 

British Library

Brit |ish Library the national library of Britain, containing the former library departments of the British Museum. The principal copyright library, it was established separately from the British Museum in 1972, and moved to a new headquarters in 1998.

 

British Museum

Brit ish Mu se um a national museum of antiquities in Bloomsbury, London. Established with public funds in 1753, it includes among its holdings the Magna Carta, the Elgin Marbles, and the Rosetta Stone.

 

British National Party

British National Party (abbrev.: BNP ) an extreme right-wing political party in Britain supporting racial discrimination and strongly opposing immigration. The party arose in the 1980s as a breakaway group from the National Front.

 

British overseas territory

British overseas territory ▶noun a territory that is under the sovereignty of the UK but does not form part of the UK itself, represented by a governor.

 

British Sign Language

Brit |ish Sign Language ▶noun [ mass noun ] a form of sign language developed in the UK for the use of deaf people, the fourth most widely used indigenous language in Britain.

 

British Somaliland

Brit ish So ma li land a former British protectorate that was established on the Somali coast of East Africa in 1884. In 1960, it united with a former Italian territory to create the independent republic of Somalia.

 

British Standard

Brit |ish Standard ▶noun the specification of recommended procedure, quality of output, terminology, and other details, in a particular field, drawn up and published by the British Standards Institution.

 

British Summer Time

British Summer Time (abbrev.: BST ) time as advanced one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time for daylight saving in the UK between March and October.

 

British thermal unit

Brit ish ther mal u nit (abbr.: Btu, BTU ) ▶noun the amount of heat needed to raise one pound of water at maximum density through one degree Fahrenheit, equivalent to 1.055 × 10 3 joules.

 

British Union of Fascists

Brit |ish Union of Fascists an extreme right-wing British political party founded by Sir Oswald Mosley in 1932. It promoted strongly anti-Semitic views and its supporters were known as blackshirts. The party was effectively destroyed by the Public Order Act of 1936.

 

British Virgin Islands

Brit ish Vir gin Is lands see Virgin Islands.

 

British warm

Brit |ish warm ▶noun a short, thick military overcoat or duffel coat.

 

Briton

Brit on |ˈbritn ˈbrɪtn | ▶noun 1 a citizen or native of Great Britain. • a person of British descent. 2 one of the people of southern Britain before and during Roman times. ORIGIN from Old French Breton, from Latin Britto, Britton-, or its Celtic equivalent.

 

Britpop

Brit pop |ˈbritˌpäp ˈbrɪtpɑːp | ▶noun pop music by a loose affiliation of British groups of the mid 1990s, typically influenced by the Beatles and other British groups of the 1960s and perceived as a reaction against American grunge music.

 

Brittany

Brit ta ny |ˈbritn-ē ˈbrɪtni | a region and former duchy of northwestern France that forms a peninsula between the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel. French name Bretagne.

 

Britten, Benjamin

Brit ten, Benjamin |ˈbritn ˈbrɪtn | (1913 –76 ), English composer, pianist, and conductor; full name Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh. Notable operas: Peter Grimes (1945 ), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960 ), and Death in Venice (1973 ).

 

brittle

brit tle |ˈbritl ˈbrɪdl | ▶adjective hard but liable to break or shatter easily: her bones became fragile and brittle. • (of a sound, esp. a person's voice ) unpleasantly hard and sharp and showing signs of instability or nervousness: a brittle laugh. • (of a person or behavior ) appearing aggressive or hard but unstable or nervous within: her manner was artificially bright and brittle. ▶noun a candy made from nuts and set melted sugar: peanut brittle. DERIVATIVES brit tle ly (or brittly ) adverb, brit tle ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English brēotan ‘break up. ’

 

brittle bone disease

brit tle bone dis ease |ˈbrɪdl boʊn dəˈziz | ▶noun Medicine 1 another term for osteogenesis imperfecta. 2 another term for osteoporosis.

 

brittle fern

brit tle fern ▶noun another term for bladder fern.

 

brittle fracture

brit tle frac ture ▶noun fracture of a metal or other material occurring without appreciable prior plastic deformation.

 

brittlestar

brit tle star |ˈbritlˌstär brɪtlstɑr | ▶noun an echinoderm related to the starfish, with long, thin, flexible arms radiating from a small central disk. [Class Ophiuroidea: Ophiura and other genera. ]

 

Brittonic

Brit ton ic |briˈtänik brəˌtɑnɪk | ▶adjective & noun variant of Brythonic. ORIGIN from Latin Britto, Britton- ‘Briton ’ + -ic .

 

britzka

britz ka |ˈbriCHkə, ˈbrits- ˈbrɪtʃkə |(also britzska ) ▶noun historical an open carriage with calash top and space for reclining. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Polish bryczka.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Brit

Brit |brɪt | informal ▶noun a British person. ▶adjective British. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: abbreviation.

 

Britain

Brit |ain |ˈbrɪt (ə )n | the island containing England, Wales, and Scotland. The name is broadly synonymous with Great Britain, but the longer form is more usual for the political unit. See also Great Britain, United Kingdom. ORIGIN Old English Breoton, from Latin Brittones ‘Britons ’, superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French Bretaigne (from Latin Brit (t )annia ). It became a largely historical term until revived in the mid 16th cent. , as the possible union of England and Scotland became a subject of political concern.

 

Britain, Battle of

Britain, Battle of a series of air battles fought over Britain during August –October 1940, in which the RAF successfully resisted raids by the numerically superior German air force. This led Hitler to abandon plans to invade Britain, although the Germans continued to bomb British cities by night for several months afterwards.

 

Britannia

Britannia |brɪˈtanjə | the personification of Britain, usually depicted as a helmeted woman with shield and trident. The figure appeared on Roman coins and was revived with the name Britannia on the coinage of Charles II. ORIGIN the Latin name for Britain .

 

Britannia metal

Bri ¦tan |nia metal ▶noun [ mass noun ] a silvery alloy consisting of tin with about 5 –15 per cent antimony and usually some copper, lead, or zinc.

 

Britannia silver

Bri ¦tan |nia sil ¦ver ▶noun [ mass noun ] hallmarked silver that is at least 95.8 per cent pure.

 

Britannic

Britannic |brɪˈtanɪk | ▶adjective dated (chiefly in names or titles ) of Britain or the British Empire: he answered His Britannic Majesty's call to arms. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin Britannicus, from Britannia (see Britannia ).

 

britches

britches |ˈbrɪtʃɪz | ▶plural noun another form of breeches, representing a pronunciation.

 

Briticism

Briticism |ˈbrɪtɪsɪz (ə )m |(also Britishism |-ʃɪz (ə )m |) ▶noun an idiom used in Britain but not in other English-speaking countries. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from British, on the pattern of words such as Gallicism .

 

British

Brit |ish |ˈbrɪtɪʃ | ▶adjective 1 relating to Great Britain or the United Kingdom, or to its people or language. 2 of the British Commonwealth or (formerly ) the British Empire. ▶noun (as plural noun the British ) the British people. DERIVATIVES Britishness noun ORIGIN Old English Brettisc ‘relating to the ancient Britons ’, from Bret ‘Briton ’, from Latin Britto, or its Celtic equivalent.

 

British Academy

Brit |ish Acad |emy an institution founded in 1901 for the promotion of historical, philosophical, and philological studies.

 

British Antarctic Territory

Brit |ish Ant |arc ¦tic Territory that part of Antarctica claimed by Britain. Designated in 1962 from territory that was formerly part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies, it includes some 388,500 sq. km (150,058 sq. miles ) of the continent of Antarctica as well as the South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands in the South Atlantic.

 

British Broadcasting Corporation

British Broadcasting Corporation (abbrev.: BBC ) a public corporation for radio and television broadcasting in Britain. The BBC was established in 1927 by royal charter and held a monopoly until the introduction of the first commercial TV station in 1954. It is financed by the sale of television viewing licences rather than by revenue from advertising and has an obligation to remain impartial in its reporting.

 

British Columbia

Brit |ish Col ¦um |bia |brɪtɪʃkəˈlʌmbiə | a province on the west coast of Canada; pop. 4,113,487 (2006 ); capital, Victoria. Formed in 1866 by the union of Vancouver Island (a former British colony ) and the mainland area, then called New Caledonia, the province includes the Queen Charlotte Islands. DERIVATIVES British Columbian adjective & noun

 

British Commonwealth

Brit |ish Commonwealth see commonwealth ( sense 2 ).

 

British Council

Brit |ish Council an organization established in 1934 with the aims of promoting a wider knowledge of Britain and the English language abroad, and of developing closer cultural relations with other countries.

 

British Empire

Brit |ish Empire a former empire consisting of Great Britain and its possessions, dominions, and dependencies. Colonization of North America and domination of India began in the 17th century. A series of small colonies, mostly in the West Indies, were gained during the late 17th –early 19th centuries, and Australia, New Zealand, various parts of the Far East, and large areas of Africa were added in the 19th century. Self-government was granted to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa in the mid 19th century, and most of the remaining colonies have gained independence since the end of the Second World War.

 

British Empire, Order of the

Brit |ish Empire, Order of the see Order of the British Empire.

 

British English

Brit |ish Eng |lish ▶noun [ mass noun ] English as used in Great Britain, as distinct from that used elsewhere.

 

Britisher

Brit |ish ¦er |ˈbrɪtɪʃə | ▶noun informal (in North America and old-fashioned British English ) a native or inhabitant of Britain.

 

British Expeditionary Force

Brit |ish Expeditionary Force a British force made available by the army reform of 1908 for service overseas. Such forces were sent to France in 1914 and 1939.

 

British Guiana

Brit |ish Gui ¦ana see Guyana.

 

British Honduras

Brit |ish Hon |duras former name (until 1973 ) for Belize.

 

British India

Brit |ish India that part of the Indian subcontinent administered by the British from 1765, when the East India Company acquired control over Bengal, until 1947, when India became independent and Pakistan was created. By 1850 British India was coterminous with India's boundaries in the west and north and by 1885 it included Burma in the east. The period of British rule was known as the Raj.

 

British Indian Ocean Territory

Brit |ish In ¦dian Ocean Territory a British overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, comprising the Chagos Archipelago and (until 1976 ) parts of the Seychelles. Ceded to Britain by France in 1814, the islands became a dependency in 1965. There are no permanent inhabitants, but British and US naval personnel occupy the island of Diego Garcia.

 

British Isles

Brit |ish Isles a group of islands lying off the coast of NW Europe, from which they are separated by the North Sea and the English Channel. They include Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Hebrides, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands, the Scilly Isles, and the Channel Islands.

 

Britishism

Brit ¦ish |ism ▶noun variant spelling of Briticism.

 

British Legion

Brit |ish Legion short for Royal British Legion.

 

British Library

Brit |ish Library the national library of Britain, containing the former library departments of the British Museum. The principal copyright library, it was established separately from the British Museum in 1972, and moved to a new headquarters in 1998.

 

British Lion

Brit |ish Lion ▶noun see lion.

 

British Museum

Brit |ish Museum a national museum of antiquities in London. Established with public funds in 1753, it includes among its holdings the Magna Carta, the Elgin Marbles, and the Rosetta Stone.

 

British National Party

British National Party (abbrev.: BNP ) an extreme right-wing political party in Britain supporting racial discrimination and strongly opposing immigration. The party arose in the 1980s as a breakaway group from the National Front.

 

British overseas territory

British overseas territory ▶noun a territory that is under the sovereignty of the UK but does not form part of the UK itself, represented by a governor.

 

British Sign Language

Brit |ish Sign Language ▶noun [ mass noun ] a form of sign language developed in the UK for the use of deaf people, the fourth most widely used indigenous language in Britain.

 

British Somaliland

British Somaliland |səˈmɑːlɪˌland | a former British protectorate established on the Somali coast of East Africa in 1884. In 1960 it united with former Italian territory to form the independent republic of Somalia.

 

British Standard

Brit |ish Standard ▶noun the specification of recommended procedure, quality of output, terminology, and other details, in a particular field, drawn up and published by the British Standards Institution.

 

British Summer Time

British Summer Time (abbrev.: BST ) time as advanced one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time for daylight saving in the UK between March and October.

 

British thermal unit

Brit |ish ther |mal unit ▶noun the amount of heat needed to raise 1 lb of water at maximum density through one degree Fahrenheit, equivalent to 1.055 × 10 3 joules.

 

British Union of Fascists

Brit |ish Union of Fascists an extreme right-wing British political party founded by Sir Oswald Mosley in 1932. It promoted strongly anti-Semitic views and its supporters were known as blackshirts. The party was effectively destroyed by the Public Order Act of 1936.

 

British Virgin Islands

Brit |ish Virgin Islands see Virgin Islands.

 

British warm

Brit |ish warm ▶noun a short, thick military overcoat or duffel coat.

 

Briton

Briton |ˈbrɪt (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, or a person of British descent. 2 a Celtic inhabitant of southern Britain before and during Roman times. ORIGIN from Old French Breton, from Latin Britto, Britton-, or its Celtic equivalent.

 

Britpop

Brit |pop |ˈbrɪtpɒp | ▶noun [ mass noun ] British pop music of the mid 1990s that was typically influenced by the Beatles and other British groups of the 1960s and perceived as a reaction against American grunge music.

 

Brittany

Brittany |ˈbrɪtəni | a region and former duchy of NW France, forming a peninsula between the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel. It was occupied in the 5th and 6th centuries by Britons fleeing the Saxons, and was incorporated into France in 1532. French name Bretagne.

 

Britten, Benjamin

Britten, Benjamin |ˈbrɪt (ə )n |, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh (1913 –76 ), English composer, pianist, and conductor; full name Edward Benjamin Britten. He founded the Aldeburgh festival with Peter Pears in 1948, and in 1976 became the first composer to be made a life peer. Notable operas: Peter Grimes (1945 ), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960 ), and Death in Venice (1973 ).

 

brittle

brit ¦tle |ˈbrɪt (ə )l | ▶adjective hard but liable to break easily: her bones became fragile and brittle. • (of a person's voice ) unpleasantly hard and sharp and showing signs of instability or nervousness: a brittle laugh. • appearing decisive or cheerful but unstable or nervous within. ▶noun [ mass noun ] a brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar: peanut brittle. DERIVATIVES brittlely (or brittly ) adverb, brittleness noun ORIGIN late Middle English, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English brēotan ‘break up ’.

 

brittle bone disease

brit ¦tle bone dis |ease ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine another term for osteogenesis imperfecta or osteoporosis.

 

brittle fracture

brit ¦tle frac |ture ▶noun [ mass noun ] fracture of a metal or other material occurring without appreciable prior plastic deformation.

 

brittlestar

brittle |star ▶noun a marine animal related to starfishes, with long, thin, flexible arms radiating from a small central disk. ●Class Ophiuroidea: Ophiura and other genera.

 

Brittonic

Brittonic |brɪˈtɒnɪk | ▶adjective & noun variant of Brythonic. ORIGIN from Latin Britto, Britton- ‘Briton ’ + -ic .

 

britzka

britzka |ˈbrɪtskə |(also britzska ) ▶noun historical an open carriage with a folding hood and space for people to recline. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Polish bryczka.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

brittle

brittle adjective 1 glass is a brittle material: breakable, fragile, delicate; splintery; formal frangible. ANTONYMS flexible, resilient. 2 a brittle laugh: harsh, hard, sharp, grating. ANTONYMS soft. 3 a brittle young woman: edgy, anxious, unstable, high-strung, tense, excitable, jumpy, skittish, neurotic; informal uptight. ANTONYMS relaxed.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

Britain

Britain noun the United Kingdom, the UK, Great Britain, the British Isles; Brit. informal Blighty; literary Albion.

 

brittle

brittle adjective 1 glass is a brittle material: breakable, splintery, shatterable, fragile, frail, delicate, frangible; rigid, hard, crisp. ANTONYMS flexible; resilient. 2 she began to speak in a brittle, staccato voice: harsh, hard, sharp, strident, grating, rasping. ANTONYMS soft. 3 a brittle young woman: edgy, on edge, nervous, unstable, highly strung, anxious, tense, excitable, jumpy, skittish, neurotic, hysterical; sensitive, insecure; Brit. nervy; informal uptight. ANTONYMS relaxed, cool.

 

Duden Dictionary

Brit

Brit Eigenname |Br i t |weiblicher Vorname

 

Britanniametall

Bri tan nia me tall Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Brit a nniametall |nach »Britannia «, dem lateinischen Namen Britanniens wie Silber glänzende Legierung aus Zinn und Antimon, auch Kupfer

 

Britannien

Bri tan ni en Eigenname |Brit a nnien |Britanniens 1 Kurzwort für: Großbritannien 2 alter Name für England und Schottland

 

britannisch

bri tan nisch Adjektiv |brit a nnisch | Britannien betreffend

 

Brite

Bri te Substantiv, maskulin , der |Br i te |der Brite; Genitiv: des Briten, Plural: die Briten Einwohnerbezeichnung

 

Britin

Bri tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Br i tin |die Britin; Genitiv: der Britin, Plural: die Britinnen weibliche Form zu Brite

 

britisch

bri tisch Adjektiv |br i tisch |Großbritannien, die Briten betreffend; von den Briten stammend, zu ihnen gehörend; aus Großbritannien stammend die britische Regierung | die Britischen Inseln

 

Britisch-Honduras

Bri tisch-Hon du ras Eigenname früher |Br i tisch-Hond u ras |Belize

 

Britisch-Kolumbien

Bri tisch-Ko lum bi en Eigenname |Br i tisch-Kol u mbien |kanadische Provinz

 

Britizismus

Bri ti zis mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Britiz i smus |der Britizismus; Genitiv: des Britizismus, Plural: die Britizismen neulateinisch 1 sprachliche Besonderheit des britischen Englisch 2 Entlehnung aus dem britischen Englisch ins Deutsche; vgl. Anglizismus

 

Britpop

Brit pop , Brit-Pop Substantiv, maskulin , der Brit-Pop |Br i tpop Br i t-Pop |der Britpop; Genitiv: des Britpop [s ] der Brit-Pop; Genitiv: des Brit-Pop [s ] englisch typischer Gitarrensound und Stilrichtung in der britischen Popmusik

 

Britschka

Britsch ka Substantiv, feminin , die |Br i tschka |die Britschka; Genitiv: der Britschka, Plural: die Britschkas polnisch leichter offener Reisewagen

 

Britta

Brit ta Eigenname |Br i tta |weiblicher Vorname

 

Britten

Brit ten Eigenname |Br i tten |englischer Komponist

 

French Dictionary

britannique

britannique adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin De Grande-Bretagne. : Le drapeau britannique. Un Britannique, une Britannique. Note Typographique L ’adjectif s ’écrit avec une minuscule; le nom, avec une majuscule.

 

British Broadcasting Corporation

British Broadcasting Corporation désignation Sigle BBC (s ’écrit avec ou sans points ).

 

British North America Act

British North America Act désignation Sigle BNAA (s ’écrit avec ou sans points ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

británica

británica nombre femenino Planta de hojas perennes y vellosas, de color morado oscuro .

 

británico, -ca

británico, -ca adjetivo 1 Relativo al Reino Unido, país insular del oeste de Europa, o a sus habitantes .SINÓNIMO inglés, britano .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es del Reino Unido .SINÓNIMO inglés, britano .3 adjetivo Relativo a Gran Bretaña, isla del Reino Unido, o a sus habitantes .SINÓNIMO britano .4 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es de Gran Bretaña .SINÓNIMO britano .5 adjetivo Relativo a Britania, antigua región del sur de Gran Bretaña, o a sus habitantes .SINÓNIMO britano .6 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que era de Britania .SINÓNIMO britano .

 

britano, -na

britano, -na británico .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Brit

Brit /brɪt /名詞 C ｟くだけて ｠イギリス人 .

 

Britain

Brit ain /brɪ́t (ə )n / (! Britonと同音 ) (形 名 )British 名詞 大ブリテン島 (Great Britain ); 英国 〘England, Scotland, Walesから成る総称; これにNorthern Irelandを加えたのがthe United Kingdom 〙.

 

Britannia

Bri tan nia /brɪtǽnjə /名詞 1 ブリタニア 〘Britainのラテン名 〙.2 ＝British Empire , Great Britain .3 ブリタニア (像 ) 〘2 を象徴する女性戦士像 〙.～́ m è tal 〖時にb - m- 〗ブリタニア 〘スズ 銅 アンチモニーなどの合金で食器類用 〙.

 

britches

britch es /brɪ́tʃɪz /名詞 ｟米 ｠＝breeches .

 

Britcom

Brit com /brítkɑm |-kɔm /名詞 C 英国産のコメディ番組 .

 

Briticism

Brit i cism /brɪ́tɪsɪ̀z (ə )m /名詞 U C イギリス英語特有の語 (法 )(Britishism ); イギリスなまり 〘｟米 ｠elevatorに対して ｟英 ｠のliftなど; →Americanism 〙.

 

British

Brit ish /brɪ́tɪʃ /(名 )Britain 形容詞 1 英国の (→English ) 〘Great Britainまたはthe United Kingdomの 〙, 大ブリテン島の ; 英連邦の, (旧 )大英帝国の ▸ a British colony 英国植民地 2 英国人の ; イギリス英語の ▸ a stiff British accent かたいイギリス英語なまり 3 英国的な, 英国式 [風 ]の ▸ a typical British diet 典型的な英国風の食事 4 (古代 )ブリトン人 (the Britons )の .(The ) b è st of Br í tish (l ù ck )!どうかうまくいきますように .名詞 〖the ～; 複数扱い 〗英国民 (｟かたく ｠Britons ); 大ブリテン人 ; 英連邦国民 .～̀ Ac á demy 〖the ～〗英国学士院 〘人文学研究を目的; 1901年設立 〙.～̀ Á irways 英国航空 (会社 )(｟略 ｠BA ).～̀ B ò ard of F í lm C è nsors 〖the ～〗英国映倫委員会 .～̀ Br ò adcasting Corpor á tion 〖the ～〗＝BBC .～̀ Col ú mbia ブリティッシュコロンビア 〘カナダ南太平洋岸の州; 州都Victoria; ｟略 ｠B.C.; 〘郵 〙BC 〙.～̀ C ó mmonwealth of N á tions 〖the ～〗イギリス連邦 〘英国国王を名義上の元首とする大英帝国の名残; 構成員は英国, カナダ, オーストラリアのほかに30数か国 〙.～̀ C ó uncil 〖the ～〗英国文化振興会 〘1934年設立; ｟略 ｠BC 〙.～̀ É mpire 〖the ～〗大英帝国 〘大植民地国家時代の英連邦の俗称 〙.～̀ É nglish イギリス英語 (｟略 ｠BrE )(→American English ).～̀ Í sles 〖the ～〗イギリス諸島 〘Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islandsなどの島も含む 〙.～̀ L í brary 〖the ～〗大英図書館 〘大英博物館の図書部から1973年分離独立した国立図書館 〙.～̀ Mus é um 〖the ～〗大英博物館 〘Londonにある世界最大の博物館; 1753年創設 〙.～̀ Ó pen 〖the ～〗〘ゴルフ 〙全英オープン 〘英国各地で毎年開催される英国最大のゴルフトーナメント 〙.～̀ R á il 英国鉄道 (｟略 ｠BR ).～̀ S ú mmer T ì me 英国夏時間 〘3月末から10月末まで実施; グリニッジ標準時間より1時間早い; ｟略 ｠BST 〙.～̀ Telecommunic á tions [T é lecom ]英国電信電話会社 〘英国最大の電信電話会社; ｟略 ｠BT 〙.～̀ th é rmal ù nit 英国熱量単位 〘約252カロリー; ｟略 ｠BTU 〙.

 

Britisher

Brit ish er /brɪ́tɪʃə r /名詞 C ｟米 くだけて /英 やや古 ｠英国人 .

 

Britishism

Br í t ish ì sm 名詞 ＝Briticism .

 

Briton

Brit on /brɪ́t (ə )n / (! Britainと同音 ) 名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 ｟かたく ｠英国人 (→Englishman ); 大ブリテン人 .2 (古代 )ブリトン人 〘ローマ人侵入時代に大ブリテン島南部に住んでいたケルト系民族 〙.

 

Britpop

Br í t p ò p 名詞 U ブリットポップ 〘1990年代に流行した英国のポップミュージック 〙.

 

Brittany

Brit ta ny /brɪ́t (ə )ni /名詞 ブルターニュ, ブリタニー 〘フランス北西部の半島; フランス名 Bretagne 〙.

 

brittle

brit tle /brɪ́t (ə )l /形容詞 1 〈材質が 〉もろい, こわれやすい .2 〈関係が 〉不安定な, もろい (fragile ).3 〈声が 〉 (不快なほど )甲高い ; 〈態度が 〉冷淡な, 短気な .