brits

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪts/
• Rhymes: -ɪts

brits

1. plural of brit

• Brist, birts, tribs

From Middle Dutch bryts (“lattice”), from Middle High German britze, from Old High German [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /brɪts/

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• Hyphenation: brits
• Rhymes: -ɪts
• Homophone: Brits

brits f (plural britsen)

1. a berth, a bunk

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

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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 Kolumbija ― British 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

• anglis

• britisks
• Britu salas

• Lielbritānija, Britānija

From Low German britsche, briske, from Low German bret (“board”). Attested since circa 1780. Cognate of German Pritsche, Danish brisk, Old High German britissa. Doublet of bräde.

brits c

1. cot (simple bench to lie down on)

• brits in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• brits in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• brits in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• brits in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)