British in Different Languages
Discover 'British' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
British
Afrikaans brits | ||
Albanian britanik | ||
Amharic እንግሊዛውያን | ||
Arabic بريطاني | ||
Armenian բրիտանական | ||
Assamese ব্ৰিটিছ | ||
Aymara británico markankir jaqinakawa | ||
Azerbaijani i̇ngilis | ||
Bambara tubabukan na | ||
Basque britainiarrak | ||
Belarusian брытанскі | ||
Bengali ব্রিটিশ | ||
Bhojpuri अंग्रेज के ह | ||
Bosnian britanski | ||
Bulgarian британски | ||
Catalan britànic | ||
Cebuano british | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 英式 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 英式 | ||
Corsican britannicu | ||
Croatian britanski | ||
Czech britský | ||
Danish britisk | ||
Dhivehi އިނގިރޭސިންނެވެ | ||
Dogri अंग्रेज | ||
Dutch brits | ||
English british | ||
Esperanto britoj | ||
Estonian briti | ||
Ewe britaintɔwo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) british | ||
Finnish brittiläinen | ||
French britanique | ||
Frisian britsk | ||
Galician británicos | ||
Georgian ბრიტანელი | ||
German britisch | ||
Greek βρετανοί | ||
Guarani británico-kuéra | ||
Gujarati બ્રિટિશ | ||
Haitian Creole britanik yo | ||
Hausa burtaniya | ||
Hawaiian pelekāne | ||
Hebrew בריטי | ||
Hindi अंग्रेजों | ||
Hmong askiv | ||
Hungarian angol | ||
Icelandic breskur | ||
Igbo onye britain | ||
Ilocano briton | ||
Indonesian inggris | ||
Irish briotanach | ||
Italian britannico | ||
Japanese 英国の | ||
Javanese wong inggris | ||
Kannada ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್ | ||
Kazakh британдықтар | ||
Khmer អង់គ្លេស | ||
Kinyarwanda abongereza | ||
Konkani ब्रिटीश | ||
Korean 영국인 | ||
Krio british pipul dɛn | ||
Kurdish brîtanî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەریتانی | ||
Kyrgyz british | ||
Lao ອັງກິດ | ||
Latin british | ||
Latvian lielbritānijas | ||
Lingala bato ya angleterre | ||
Lithuanian britų | ||
Luganda omuzungu | ||
Luxembourgish britesch | ||
Macedonian британци | ||
Maithili अंग्रेज | ||
Malagasy anglisy | ||
Malay inggeris | ||
Malayalam ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് | ||
Maltese ingliżi | ||
Maori ingarangi | ||
Marathi ब्रिटिश | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯕ꯭ꯔꯤꯇꯤꯁꯁꯤꯡꯅꯥ ꯌꯨ.ꯑꯦꯁ | ||
Mizo british mi a ni | ||
Mongolian их британи | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဗြိတိသျှ | ||
Nepali बेलायती | ||
Norwegian britisk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) waku britain | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବ୍ରିଟିଶ୍ | ||
Oromo ingilizii | ||
Pashto برتانوي | ||
Persian انگلیسی | ||
Polish brytyjski | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) britânico | ||
Punjabi ਬ੍ਰਿਟਿਸ਼ | ||
Quechua inglaterramanta | ||
Romanian britanic | ||
Russian британский | ||
Samoan peretania | ||
Sanskrit ब्रिटिश | ||
Scots Gaelic breatannach | ||
Sepedi mabrithania | ||
Serbian британци | ||
Sesotho borithane | ||
Shona british | ||
Sindhi برطانوي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බ්රිතාන්ය | ||
Slovak britský | ||
Slovenian britanski | ||
Somali ingiriis | ||
Spanish británico | ||
Sundanese inggris | ||
Swahili waingereza | ||
Swedish brittiska | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) british | ||
Tajik бритониё | ||
Tamil பிரிட்டிஷ் | ||
Tatar британия | ||
Telugu బ్రిటిష్ | ||
Thai อังกฤษ | ||
Tigrinya እንግሊዛውያን | ||
Tsonga mabrithani | ||
Turkish ingiliz | ||
Turkmen iňlisler | ||
Twi (Akan) britaniafo | ||
Ukrainian британський | ||
Urdu برطانوی | ||
Uyghur british | ||
Uzbek inglizlar | ||
Vietnamese người anh | ||
Welsh prydeinig | ||
Xhosa ibritane | ||
Yiddish בריטיש | ||
Yoruba oyinbo | ||
Zulu ebrithani |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "Brits" can also refer to the town of Brits, located in the North West province of South Africa. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word 'Britanik' has alternate meanings such as 'Britannic' (a steamship) and 'Britannia' (a personification of Britain). |
| Amharic | The word እንግሊዛውያን (British) is derived from the name of the Roman province of Britannia. |
| Arabic | يعود أصل كلمة "بريطاني" إلى كلمة "برت" الكلتية بمعنى "حكم"، والتي تشير إلى حكم روما للمنطقة التي يغطيها المصطلح الآن. |
| Azerbaijani | The word |
| Basque | The word 'Britainiarrak' can also be used to refer to the people of the British Isles, or to people of British descent. |
| Bengali | ‘ব্রিটিশ’ শব্দটি ল্যাটিন শব্দ ‘ব্রিটো’ থেকে উৎপন্ন হয়েছে, যার অর্থ ‘স্থানীয়’ বা ‘দেশজ’। |
| Bosnian | U srednjem vijeku, «Britanski» je značilo i «Bretonski». |
| Bulgarian | The word "Британски" can also mean "of or relating to Brittany", a region in northwestern France. |
| Catalan | El término «Britànic» en catalán proviene del latín «Britannicus» y significa tanto «británico» como «británico antiguo». |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 英式也可以指英国的，或英国的风格或方式。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 英式一詞源自英語「british」，另可指英格蘭或英國文化相關的事物。 |
| Corsican | 'Britannicu' derives from the French and Latin 'Brittanicus' (relating to Britain), with an extra 'n' inserted due to the influence of the word 'Inghilterra', the Corsican word for 'England'. |
| Croatian | The word 'britanski' also means 'British' in Croatian |
| Czech | Slovo "britský" v češtině pochází ze staroanglického slova "brettisc", které označovalo Bretonce, keltský národ obývající Británii až do příchodu Anglů a Sasů. |
| Danish | I dansk kan ordet "Britisk" også henvise til briterne, det britiske folk eller Storbritannien. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "Brits" comes from the word "bret" (plank), referring to the construction of ships and the close connection with the sea. |
| Estonian | Lisaks tähendusele “Briti” on sõnal “Briti” ka täiendavaid tähendusi, sealhulgas “Suurbritannia” ja “inglane.” |
| Finnish | The word "brittiläinen" can also refer to a person or thing that is made in Britain, or to the culture of Britain. |
| French | The original form of the word "Britanique" was "Bretonnique", and it was coined to refer to the Celtic Britons. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "Britsk" not only means "British" but also "spotted" or "speckled". |
| Georgian | "ბრიტანელი" (British) is derived from the Latin "Britt" and the Old English "Bretan", referring to the ancient inhabitants of Britain known as the Brittonic Celts. |
| German | Das Wort "britisch" leitet sich von dem keltischen Stamm der Briten ab und bedeutet ursprünglich "in Britannien geboren". |
| Greek | In ancient Greek, "Βρετανοί" referred to the inhabitants of the British Isles, specifically those living in what is now Scotland. |
| Gujarati | "British" comes from the name of the Celtic tribe who occupied the island of Great Britain. |
| Haitian Creole | Britanik yo is derived from the French word "britannique" for "British". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'Burtaniya' comes from 'Briti' in the English language, which means 'of British origin'. |
| Hawaiian | The word pelekāne is a variant of pelekē, a native Hawaiian word that means 'adzes'. |
| Hebrew | במאה ה-7 לפנה"ס, השם "בריטי" התייחס גם לעם שישב בצרפת של ימינו. |
| Hindi | The word "अंग्रेजों" can also refer to the British East India Company, which ruled India from 1757 to 1858. |
| Hmong | Askiv can also mean "United Kingdom". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "angol" also means "angular" or "angled", reflecting the shape of Britain's coastline. |
| Icelandic | Breskur is also a name for the letter B and a type of old Icelandic coin, the value of which varied according to time. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'Onye Britain' ('British') also means 'white person' or 'European'. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "Inggris" can also mean "English". |
| Irish | The word "Briotanach" in Irish can also refer to a person from Brittany, France, due to the historical connection between the two regions. |
| Italian | The term "Britannico" derives from the Latin word "Britannus" which referred to the Celtic inhabitants of Great Britain and may be etymologically linked to Breton "brezhoneg", Welsh "brythoneg", and Old Irish "Bretainec". |
| Japanese | "英国の" は「ブリテッシュ」と読み、イギリスの他、イギリス人やイギリス文化も意味します。 |
| Javanese | "Wong Inggris" in Javanese can be used to refer to European people in general, not just Britons. |
| Khmer | The word "អង់គ្លេស" can also refer to the English language or the people of England. |
| Korean | 영국인이란 원래는 '브리튼 사람'을 뜻하는데, 후에 잉글랜드 사람만을 지칭하는 용어로 변화됐다. |
| Kurdish | The word 'Brîtanî' is derived from the Old Persian word 'Bṛtāni', meaning 'land of the tattooed ones', referring to the ancient Celtic tribes of Britain. |
| Kyrgyz | Британдыкты күндаги происходдого жана валдиге барбат региондондык мамлекеткиккен таналищаддад белгийкаларга улуттакта мамлекет жанардандаги в барбаттолу уруул. |
| Lao | "ອັງກິດ" means 'British' in Lao, but it can also mean 'beautiful' or 'good-looking'" |
| Latin | British was originally used by the Romans to describe the Britons, Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain before the Roman conquest in 43 AD. |
| Latvian | Latvian "Lielbritānijas" is derived from the German "Grossbritannien" and also refers to Greater Britain. |
| Lithuanian | "Britų" kilęs iš lotyniško žodžio "Britanni", reiškiančio "Britanijos žmonės" |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Britesch" derives from the Old French "britesche" and originally referred to a fortification or tower, later becoming associated with the British people and their language. |
| Macedonian | Британци (British) can also mean “people of Britain” or “nationals of Britain”. |
| Malagasy | The word "anglisy" in Malagasy can also refer to the English language or to things related to England or the United Kingdom. |
| Malay | The word "Inggeris" also refers to the Dutch who colonized Indonesia in the 17th century. |
| Maltese | The word "Ingliżi" is derived from the Italian word "Inglese" and originally referred to the English people, but it now encompasses all British people. |
| Maori | The word "Ingarangi" is derived from the Maori pronunciation of the English word "English". |
| Mongolian | The word Их Британи, meaning "British," is also used in Mongolian to refer to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
| Nepali | The word "बेलायती" is derived from the Sanskrit word "बिलायती" which means "foreign" or "from abroad". |
| Norwegian | I norsk brukes «britisk» også om alt som har med øygruppen Storbritannia å gjøre. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word “Waku Britain” can also mean people from the United Kingdom. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "برتانوي" also refers to a type of sheep |
| Polish | The word "brytyjski" can also refer to the Brythonic languages spoken in the British Isles before the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Britânico" vem do latim "britannicus", que originalmente significava "pertencente à Bretanha", região que corresponde à atual Grã-Bretanha, no Reino Unido. |
| Punjabi | ਬ੍ਰਿਟਿਸ਼' शब्द इंग्लैंड, वेल्स, स्कॉटलैंड और उत्तरी आयरलैंड के निवासियों और उनकी संस्कृति को संदर्भित करता है, जिसकी उत्पत्ति 'ब्रिटन' शब्द से हुई है, जो मूल रूप से आयरन एज में दक्षिणी ब्रिटेन में रहने वाले केल्टिक लोगों को संदर्भित करता था। |
| Romanian | The word "britanic" in Romanian can also refer to "Celtic" or "the language of the Celts". |
| Russian | The word "Британский" can also refer to something that is related to the Breton people or language, as the Breton people are sometimes referred to as "Бретонцы" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word "Peretania" in Samoan likely comes from the Tahitian word "Peretānia" or the Rarotongan word "Peretāne" which in turn came from the earlier word "Pretane" (a Gallicization of the Latin word "Britannia" for Britain). |
| Scots Gaelic | "Breatannach" can also refer to a Welsh person, as both Scotland and Wales were once part of a Celtic confederation. |
| Serbian | The word 'Британци' is derived from the Proto-Celtic word 'Brittones', meaning 'painted people', referring to the ancient Britons' practice of painting their bodies with blue woad. |
| Sesotho | The word "Borithane" also refers to a person from Great Britain, and is derived from the English word "British". |
| Shona | In Shona, "British" can also refer to a person from the United Kingdom or a person of British descent. |
| Sindhi | برطانوي (barṭānovī) is a Sindhi word borrowed from the English word “British,” and is used with the same meaning. |
| Slovak | Slovo "britský" v slovenčine pochádza z latinského slova "britannicus". |
| Slovenian | Britanki is also the Slovenian translation for the name Brittany. |
| Somali | The term 'Ingiriis' in Somali also refers to the English language, which is spoken in the United Kingdom. |
| Spanish | El término "británico" proviene del latín "brittānicus", que significa "relativo a Bretaña", región histórica del noroeste de Francia. |
| Sundanese | The word "Inggris" in Sundanese can also mean "foreigner" or "Westerner". |
| Swahili | The word "Waingereza" literally means "people of the sea" in Swahili, reflecting the British colonial history of arriving by sea. |
| Swedish | "Brittiska" is a Swedish adjective that derives from the Old English "Bryttisc" which means "of Britain." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, the word “British” can also refer to the British people or their culture. |
| Tajik | The word "Бритониё" can also refer to the inhabitants of the British Isles. |
| Telugu | The word 'British' comes from the Latin word 'Britannicus', which means 'of Britain'. The word 'Britain' itself comes from the Celtic word 'Pritani', which means 'the tattooed people'. |
| Thai | คำว่า “อังกฤษ” แผลงมาจาก “อังค์กะริส” ซึ่งแผลงมาจากภาษาโปรตุเกส “Ingles” |
| Turkish | "İngiliz" sözcüğünün "İngil" kelimesinden geldiği düşünülmektedir ve "İngiltere'li" anlamına gelir. |
| Ukrainian | "Британський" is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "Brytt", meaning "Briton", and is cognate with the English word "British". |
| Urdu | The word "برطانوی" is derived from the Persian word "بريتانيا" (Barītāniyā), meaning "the land of the Britons". The Britons were the Celtic people who inhabited the island of Britain before the Roman conquest. |
| Vietnamese | Trong tiếng Việt, người Anh còn được gọi là "Tây" vì họ là những người châu Âu đầu tiên xuất hiện ở Việt Nam vào thế kỷ 16 đến thế kỷ 19. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "Prydeinig" derives from "pryd" (appearance, beauty) and "din" (fort, stronghold), possibly referring to the Britons' fortified settlements. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'IBritane' is derived from the English word 'British', and also refers to a person from the United Kingdom. |
| Yiddish | Yiddish "בריטיש" (British) can also refer to a British passport or visa. |
| Yoruba | The word "Oyinbo" in Yoruba can also refer to "white people" in general, regardless of nationality. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "EBrithani" is derived from the English pronunciation "British," and is often used to refer to British people, their language, or their culture. |
| English | Though now strongly associated with the United Kingdom, the word 'British' was first used to describe the Celtic Britons. |