Britishism
A word, phrase, idiom, or expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in BritainA word, phrase, idiom, or expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in Britain.
Translations
1 languagesMeaning
2 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A word, phrase, idiom, or expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in Britain.
an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)
(countable, uncountable)The practice of British religion or culture.
Origin
From British + -ism.From British + -ism.
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Forms
plural: BritishismsSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.