Britain

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• UK: /ˈbɹɪt.ən/
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• UK: [ˈbɹɪt.n̩]
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• US: /ˈbɹɪt.ən/
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• US: [ˈbɹɪɾ.ən̩]
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• US: [ˈbɹɪʔ.ən̩]
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• rhymes with -ɪtən
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• homophone: Briton
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• CMU ARPABET: B R IH1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English brytayn, from Latin Britannus (adjective and noun, plural Britannī), apparently from Brythonic (compare Old Welsh Priten).

Etymology tree Celticder. Ancient Greek Βρεττᾰνός (Brettănós) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Βρεττανία (Brettanía)bor. Latin Britannia Anglo-Norman Britainebor. Middle English Britayne English Britain From Middle English Britayne, Breteyn, from Anglo-Norman Bretaigne, Bretaine, from Latin Brittannia, variant of Latin Britannia, from Britannī; reinforced by native Old English Breten, from the same Latin source. Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Prɨdėn (“Britain”) from *Pritanī (also compare *Prɨdɨn (“Picts”) from *Pritenī), attested to in Ancient Greek as Πρεττανική (Prettanikḗ), compare Welsh Prydain. Doublet of Britannia and Brittany. More at Britto.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Britania — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Amharic: ብሪታንያ (bəritanya) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Arabic: بِرِيطانِيَا (birīṭāniyā) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Armenian: Բրիտանիա (Britania) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Azerbaijani: Britaniya — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Belarusian: Брыта́нія (Brytánija) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Bengali: ব্রিটেন (briṭen) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Bengali: বিলাত (bilat) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Bulgarian: Брита́ния (Británija) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Burmese: ဘိလပ် (bhi.lap) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Burmese: ဗြိတိန် (bri.tin) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Chinese Cantonese: 不列顛 /不列颠 — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Chinese Mandarin: 不列顛 /不列颠 (Bùlièdiān) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Czech: Británie — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Dutch: Brittannië — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Esperanto: Britio — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Estonian: Britannia — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Faroese: Bretland — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Finnish: Britannia — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Georgian: ბრიტანეთი (briṭaneti) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• German: Britannien — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Greek: Βρετανία (Vretanía) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Ancient Greek: Βρεττανία (Brettanía) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Hebrew: בְּרִיטַנְיָה (británya) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Hindi: ब्रिटेन (briṭen) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Hungarian: Britannia — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Icelandic: Bretland — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Indonesian: Britania — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Irish: an Bhreatain — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Japanese: ブリテン (Buriten) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Kazakh: Британия (Britaniä) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Khmer: ប៊្រីតថេន (priittheen) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Korean: 브리튼 (Beuriteun) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Korean: 브리텐 (Beuriten) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Northern Kurdish: Brîtanya — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Kyrgyz: Британия (Britaniya) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Lao: ບໍລິເຕນ (bǭ li tēn) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Lao: ບຣິເຕນໃຫຍ່ (ba ri tēn h) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Latin: Britannia — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Latvian: Britānija — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Lithuanian: Britanija — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Macedonian: Брита́нија (Británija) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Malay: Britania — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Maltese: Brittanja — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Māori: Peretānia — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Māori: Piritini — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Marathi: ब्रिटन (briṭan) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Mongolian: Британи (Britani) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Old English: Breten — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Pashto: برتانيه (bartānya) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Pashto: برطانيه (bartānya) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Pashto: بريتانيا (britāniyā) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Iranian Persian: بِریتانِیا (beritâniyâ) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Iranian Persian: بِرِطانِیِه (beretâniye) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Polish: Brytania — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Portuguese: Bretanha — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Rapa Nui: Peretane — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Romanian: Britania — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Russian: Брита́ния (Británija) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Scots: Breetain — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Serbo-Croatian: Брѝта̄нија — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Serbo-Croatian: Brìtānija — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Sicilian: Granni Britagna — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Sicilian: Britagna Granni — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Sinhalese: බ්රිතාන්ය (britānya) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Slovak: Británia — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Slovene: Británija — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Spanish: Britania — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Tagalog: Bretanya — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Tajik: Британия (Britaniya) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Tajik: Бритониё (Britoniyo) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Telugu: బ్రిటన్ (briṭan) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Thai: บริเตน (brì-dteen) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Turkish: Britanya — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Turkmen: Britaniýa — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Ukrainian: Брита́нія (Brytánija) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Urdu: بَرْطَانِیَہ (bartāniya) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Uyghur: برىتانىيە (britaniye) — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Uzbek: Britaniya — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Vietnamese: đảo Anh — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Vietnamese: Anh — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles
• Welsh: Prydain — island — see also Great Britain, British Isles