Brit
/bɹɪt/ · noun
Meaning
- A British person.
- A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.
- Abbreviation of British.
- Abbreviation of Britain.
- Abbreviation of British English.
- A short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay; in full, the River Brit.
- To break in pieces; divide.
- To bruise; indent.
- To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
- To fade away; alter.
- One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc.
- One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.
- brit milah
- A covenant, specifically that between God and the Jewish people.
Etymology / origin
First use appears c. 1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.
- brydh(Albanian)→
- bryde(Danish)→
- bryta(Swedish)→
- brytja(is)→
- *bʰrewd-(ine-pro)→
- *breutaną(gem-pro)→
- *brutjaną(gem-pro)→
- brittian(Old English)→
- brytten(enm)→
- Brit (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, inh, der, der, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- britar(Galician) (cog)
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