BRICSn.

Brit.

/brɪks/, U.S.

/brɪks/

Forms: 2000s– BRICS, 2000s– Brics.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymons: proper names Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of the names of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, after BRIC n.

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, regarded collectively as a group of emerging economies growing at a similarly fast rate in the early 21st century. As a count noun, chiefly in plural: each of these nations individually. Cf. BRIC n.

ΚΠ

2005 Inter Press Service (Nexis) 7 Mar. BRICS is an acronym for the group of countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

2012 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Mar. We all know that the Brics have emerged as major world players, with China leading the way, South Africa quite some way behind and Russia a strange anomaly as part of a former superpower.

2018 www.reuters.com 28 May (Internet Archive Wayback Machine 28 May 2018) The New Development Bank.., set up by the BRICS group of major emerging economies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brics
释义	BRICSn. Brit. /brɪks/, U.S. /brɪks/ Forms: 2000s– BRICS, 2000s– Brics. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymons: proper names Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of the names of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, after BRIC n. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, regarded collectively as a group of emerging economies growing at a similarly fast rate in the early 21st century. As a count noun, chiefly in plural: each of these nations individually. Cf. BRIC n. ΚΠ 2005 Inter Press Service (Nexis) 7 Mar. BRICS is an acronym for the group of countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. 2012 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Mar. We all know that the Brics have emerged as major world players, with China leading the way, South Africa quite some way behind and Russia a strange anomaly as part of a former superpower. 2018 www.reuters.com 28 May (Internet Archive Wayback Machine 28 May 2018) The New Development Bank.., set up by the BRICS group of major emerging economies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.2005
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