English

Noun

Brit ‎(plural Brits)

1. (informal, formerly offensive) A British person.
2. A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.

Translations

Adjective

Brit ‎(comparative more Brit, superlative most Brit)

1. Abbreviation of British.

Proper noun

Brit

1. Abbreviation of Britain.
2. (lexicography) Abbreviation of British English.

Derived terms

• Britsploitation

Czech

Noun

Brit m

1. Briton

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

Brit m ‎(plural Britten, diminutive Britje n)

1. Brit, Briton

Norwegian

Proper noun

Brit

1. A female given name, variant of Britt, short form of Birgitte ( =Bridget).

English

Alternative forms

• britt
• brite (dialectal)

Verb

brit ‎(third-person singular simple present brits, present participle britting, simple past and past participle britted)

1. (transitive) To break in pieces; divide.
2. (transitive) To bruise; indent.
3. (intransitive) To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
4. (intransitive, dialectal) To fade away; alter.

Derived terms

• britten
• brittle

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle English bret or birt, applied to a different kind of fish. See bret.

Alternative forms

• britt

Noun

brit ‎(plural brit)

1. One of the young of herrings, sprats etc
2. One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick

     The edges of these bones are fringed with hairy fibres, through which the Right Whale strains the water, and in whose intricacies he retains the small fish, when openmouthed he goes through the seas of brit in feeding time.

Etymology 3

Short for brit milah.

Alternative forms

• bris

Noun

brit ‎(plural brits)

1. brit milah

Albanian

Etymology

Gheg word. From Proto-Albanian *breita, from Proto-Indo-European *bhrēi-, *bhrī̆- ‎(“to pierce, cut with something sharp”). Cognate to Lithuanian bárti ‎(“to scold, chide”), Old Irish briathar ‎(“argument”), Old Church Slavonic брати ‎(brati, “fight”), Welsh brwydr ‎(“fight struggle”).

Noun

brit f

1. scream, yell

Derived terms

• bërtas
• britmë