Britt

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪt === Proper noun === Britt A surname. A city in Iowa. An unincorporated community in Minnesota. A female given name. == Danish == === Proper noun === Britt a female given name of Swedish and Norwegian origin == Faroese == === Proper noun === Britt f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics son of Britt: Brittarson daughter of Britt: Brittardóttir ==== Declension ==== == Luxembourgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bʀit] Rhymes: -it === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German *brüede, byform of brüeje (whence German Brühe). The plosive is either the noun-forming suffix Middle High German -de, Luxembourgish -t, or due to merger with related Middle High German brod n, from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (whence English broth). ==== Noun ==== Britt f (plural Britten) broth === Etymology 2 === From German Brite (pronounced with short or long vowel). ==== Noun ==== Britt m (plural Britten, feminine Brittin) Briton, Brit, British person (native of Great Britain) == Middle Irish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Brittō. === Noun === Britt m Briton ==== Synonyms ==== Breta ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Irish: briotach (“stammering, stuttering”) == Norwegian == === Proper noun === Britt a female given name derived from Birgitta/Birgitte == Swedish == === Etymology === Short form of Britta, a contraction of Birgitta. First recorded in Sweden in 1883. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Britt c (genitive Britts) a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Often used in 20th century hyphenated names such as Britt-Marie, Maj-Britt, Ulla-Britt. === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 38 656 females with the given name Britt living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.