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BRIC

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • homophone: brick
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1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Brazil, Russia, India and China: a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: economics, government, politics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of those four countries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بْرِيك (brīk) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Belarusian: БРІК (BRIK) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Bulgarian: БРИК (BRIK) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金磚四國 /金砖四国 (Jīn zhuān sì guó) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Chinese Mandarin: BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Chinese Mandarin: 磚塊 /砖块 (zhuānkuài) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Czech: BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Danish: BRIK-lande — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Finnish: BRIC-maat — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • French: BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • German: BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Hindi: बी.आर.आई.सी. (bī.ār.āī.sī.) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Hindi: ब्रिक (brik) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Italian: BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Japanese: ブリック (Burikku) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Korean: 브릭 (Beurik) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Macedonian: БРИК (BRIK) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Marathi: ब्रिक (brik) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Polish: BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Portuguese: BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Russian: БРИК (BRIK) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Serbo-Croatian: БРИК — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Serbo-Croatian: BRIK — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Spanish: BRIC — Brazil, Russia, India, and China
  • Ukrainian: БРІК (BRIK) — Brazil, Russia, India, and China