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Bri'ish

/ˈbɹɪʔɪʃ/

Bri'ish is the pronunciation spelling of British.

Meaning of British

Noun

British pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, usually, with-definite-article) The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain.
    Synonyms:
    Britons, Brits
  2. (plural, plural-only, usually, with-definite-article) The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
  3. (plural, plural-only, usually, with-definite-article) The earlier inhabitants of southern Britain, prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent migrations.
    Synonyms:
    Britons
  4. (obsolete, plural, plural-only, usually, with-definite-article) Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people.
    Synonyms:
    Welsh

See all 13 meanings of British

Proper noun

Bri'ish

  1. (humorous) British English
    • Oi bruv, do you speak Bri'ish?

Forms of Bri'ish

comparativemore Bri'ish
superlativemost Bri'ish

Origin of Bri'ish

Respelling of British imitating the t-glottalisation of some accents and speakers in the United Kingdom, e.g. Cockney accent.

Questions about Bri'ish

What does Bri'ish mean?
Bri'ish means british English.
What is Bri'ish the pronunciation spelling of?
Bri'ish is the pronunciation spelling of British.
What part of speech is Bri'ish?
Bri'ish is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bri'ish?
Bri'ish is pronounced /ˈbɹɪʔɪʃ/.

Words near Bri'ish in the dictionary

  1. Brețcu
  2. BRFSS
  3. BRG
  4. Brgy.
  5. Bri
  6. Bri'ish
  7. Bri'ishes
  8. Bri-Nylon
  9. Bria
  10. Briagolong
  11. Briahna

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bri'ish (page history and authors); British (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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