britannique French · revision 17522

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1512, Jean Lemaire de Belges|origins=la Britannia}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /bʁi.ta.nik/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''britannique''' (plural britanniques)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|Britannicus|t=of Britain]], from [[m|la|Britannia|t=Britain]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary) The same Latin name is the source of [[breton]].^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Jean Lemaire de Belges writes in 1512 of ''la tresnoble et tresillustre nation Françoise et Britannique''.^(BHVF)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cotgrave records the word in 1611, and the GLLF dates it to the 17th century.^(BHVF)^(GLLF 1989) It came to describe what concerns Great Britain and Ireland (''les îles Britanniques'') or only the United Kingdom (''l'Empire britannique''); in loose use it is equivalent to ''anglais''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) Qualities thought typical of the English gave phrases such as ''le flegme britannique'' and ''l'humour britannique''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ Derivatives and loans include ''britannisme'' (Verlaine, 1884) and the familiar ''british'', from English.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1512 – Jean Lemaire de Belges.^(BHVF)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1611 – Recorded by Cotgrave.^(BHVF)

+ * 1884 – ''Britannisme'', in Verlaine.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|British|alt=British]]: of Great Britain, the United Kingdom or the British Isles: ''les îles Britanniques'', ''l'Empire britannique''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ # Showing qualities thought typical of the British: ''le flegme britannique''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''Un, une Britannique'': a [[m|en|Briton]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[breton]]

+ * [[Bretagne]]

+ * [[la|Britannia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}