britishism

Brit·ish·ism

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [brit-i-shiz-uh m]
- /ˈbrɪt ɪˌʃɪz əm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [brit-i-shiz-uh m]
- /ˈbrɪt ɪˌʃɪz əm/

Definitions of britishism word

abbreviation BRITISHISM Briticism 3
abbreviation BRITISHISM Briticism. 1
noun britishism any custom, manner, characteristic, or quality peculiar to or associated with the British people. 1
noun britishism the aggregate of such qualities regarded as characteristic of a British person: His cool reserve is just part of his Britishism. 1
noun britishism A word, phrase, idiom, or expression peculiar to the English language as spoken chiefly in Great Britain. 0

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Origin of britishism

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85; British + -ism

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Parts of speech for Britishism

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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britishism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.