Brittany

布列塔尼

发音

/ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/
/ˈbɹɪt.ni/
US /ˈbɹɪʔn̩.ni/
US /ˈbɹɪʔni/

词形变化

Brittanies 复数 Brittanies Brittanys

别名

Britney Brittney Britanny

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A coward.

    俚语
  2. 2.

    A gun dog of a particular breed.

name
  1. 1.

    A cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France.

  2. 2.

    An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany.

    布列塔尼

  3. 3.

    The British Isles.

    废旧 诗歌
  4. 4.

    A female given name transferred from the place name, of 1980s and 1990s American usage.

词源

Inherited from Middle English Bretany, Brytany, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin Britannia, applied to Brittany from at least the 6th century, and reinforced by Middle French Bretagne. See Britannia for more. Doublet of Britain and Britannia.

来源：wiktionary