britannique
French, adjective
britannique is spelled B-R-I-T-A-N-N-I-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears 52 times per million words in written French, the 1,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Britannique is a French adjective meaning “British” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Britannique is a different word: “Briton (resident or native of Britain)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est propre ou relatif aux îles Britanniques”.
What does britannique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
British
noun
- 1
femininemasculineBriton (resident or native of Britain)
- 2
femininemasculineBrit (colloquially)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est propre ou relatif aux îles Britanniques. 2. Qui est propre ou relatif au Royaume-Uni.
noun: 1. Habitant du Royaume-Uni. 2. Citoyen de l’empire britannique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of britannique
- britanniques plural
- Britanniques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to britannique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is britannique in French?
britannique appears 52 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).