Briticism

See also: Britishism

English

Alternative forms

• Britishism

Etymology

From Brit- (in British) +‎ -icism (in Scotticism, Anglicism, etc.). Compare earlier Britishism.

Noun

Briticism (plural Briticisms)

1. (rhetoric) A word or figure of speech used in Britain exclusively or primarily.

Synonyms

• Anglicism

Hypernyms

• Anglicism
• Englishism

Coordinate terms

• (dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Britishism (anglicism, Briticism), Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism

Translations

word or expression used in Britain

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 英國英語 / 英国英语 (Yīngguó yīngyǔ), 英國人特用的詞 / 英国人特用的词 (Yīngguórén tèyòng de cí)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Brits gezegde n
• Esperanto: anglismo
• Finnish: anglismi (fi)
• French: britannicisme m
• Hungarian: anglicizmus (hu)
• Japanese: イギリス語法 (Igirisu-gohō)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: anglicizmas m
• Polish: brytycyzm m
• Portuguese: inglesismo m
• Russian: англици́зм (ru) m (anglicízm)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can