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Brits

Brits

See also: brits

English

Noun

Brits

  1. plural of Brit

Proper noun

Brits

  1. The Brit Awards, an annual award ceremony for British musicians.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Brits.

Adjective

Brits (attributive Britse, comparative Britser, superlative Britsste)

  1. British

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

Brits (comparative Britser, superlative meest Brits or Britst)

  1. British

Inflection

Inflection of Brits
uninflected Brits
inflected Britse
comparative Britser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial Brits Britser het Britst
het Britste
indefinite m./f. sing. Britse Britsere Britste
n. sing. Brits Britser Britste
plural Britse Britsere Britste
definite Britse Britsere Britste
partitive Brits Britsers

brits

brits

See also: Brits

English

Noun

brits

  1. plural of brit

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Brittō or its Celtic equivalent (see Brython), probably via some other European language (cf. German Brite, Russian бритт (britt)).

Pronunciation

Noun

brits m (1st declension, feminine form: britiete)

  1. a Briton, a British man, a man born in Great Britain; a citizen of the United Kingdom
    es esmu brits ― I am a British man
  2. (genitive plural): British; pertaining to Great Britain or the United Kingdom and its people
    britu armija ― the British army
    Britu impērija ― the British Empire
    Britu KolumbijaBritish Columbia (Canadian province)
  3. (loosely) an Englishman
  4. (historical, in the plural) the Britons, members of the Celtic tribes that lived in southern Britain at the time of the Roman conquest
    5. gadsimtā pirms mūsu ēras Britu salas iekaroja ķeltu ciltis: briti un skoti ― in the 5th century BC Celtic tribes - the Britons and the Scots (Gaels) - conquered the British Isles

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