English

Proper noun

Britt

1. A surname​.
2. A city in Iowa
3. An unincorporated community in Minnesota

Danish

Proper noun

Britt

1. A female given name of Swedish and Norwegian origin.

Faroese

Proper noun

Britt f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Britt: Brittarson
• daughter of Britt: Brittardóttir

Declension

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bruþą. Cognate with English broth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʀit/
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

Britt f ‎(plural Britten)

1. broth

Norwegian

Proper noun

Britt

1. A female given name derived from Birgitta/Birgitte.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Brittō.

Noun

Britt m

1. Briton

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• Breta

Derived terms

• brittach ‎(“stammering, stuttering”)

Swedish

Etymology

Short form of Britta, a contraction of Birgitta. First recorded in Sweden in 1883.

Proper noun

Britt

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Often used in 20th century hyphenated names such as Britt-Marie, Maj-Britt, Ulla-Britt.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 38 656 females with the given name Britt living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Swedish

Noun

britt c

1. Briton; an inhabitant of Great Britain

Declension

Vilamovian

Noun

britt f

1. brood hen, layer

Synonyms

• kłu̇ks f

Related terms

• britta