brit
/bɹɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.59 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Abbreviation of British.
name
Abbreviation of Britain.
name
Abbreviation of British English.
Example Sentences
- "If Brit joins Common Market . . .; terms for Brit's entry agreed upon, U S will face new econ, political, defense problems when Brit joins EEC; […]"
- "Worked extensively in Brit and USA on behaviour of biol fluids, particularly blood, also lectured in Brit, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Can, USA, 1960s; […]"
- "34 EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT (TCF, Dec) Irving Cummings; genre: Drama; locations: Switzerland, Brit, France; coding: Ital, Pol, Jew, Ger, US-Brit Coop, For Corr, Nazi, Atroc-Conc, Pacifism, Ref, Brit, Am Icons; biases: Anti-Nazi, Pacifist?."
- "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."
- "The second theocentric approach to observance stresses the partnership of God and man. The Torah and the mitzvot express the eternal brit or covenant made between God and the Jewish people."
- "There is a special brit between God and the Families-of-Israel. The Torah is the story of that brit"
Etymology
First use appears c. 1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
Brits (plural)
more Brit (comparative)
most Brit (superlative)
brits (present, singular)
britting (participle, present)
britted (participle, past)
britted (past)
britt (alternative)
brite (alternative)
bris (alternative)