british

Pronunciation: ['britiʃ]

Average Rank: 1608

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 英国的 n. 英国人, 英国英语

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the people of Great Britain
  • a. of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk ielts

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#183

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.2% (Top 98.2% most frequent)
98.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#3816

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 61.8% (Top 61.8% most frequent)
61.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#825

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 91.8% (Top 91.8% most frequent)
91.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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