Català > Regne Unit de la Gran Bretanya i Irlanda del Nord: 1 sentit > nom 1, location| Sentit | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
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| Sinònims | Gran Bretanya, Regne Unit de Gran Bretanya i Irlanda del Nord, Regne Unit |
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| Espècimen de | regne, reialme | A country with a king as head of state |
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| Membre de | CEE, Comunitat Econòmica Europea, Comunitat Europea, UE, Unió Europea | An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation / cooperation among its members |
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| nato, Organització del Tractat de l'Atlàntic Nord, O.T.A.N., OTAN | An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security |
| Part de | illes Britàniques, Illes Britàniques | Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic |
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| Parts | Anglaterra | A division of the United Kingdom |
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| Cymru, Gales, Gal·les, País de Gal·les, Wales | One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Escòcia | One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Irlanda del Nord | A division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland |
| Regió | 11-plus | (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school |
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| 5 de novembre | anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot |
| Boxing Day, Dia de Sant Esteve | First weekday after Christmas |
| Carta Magna, Magna Carta | The royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 |
| Colonel Blimp | Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low) |
| Dale | An open river valley (in a hilly area) |
| Gran Bretanya | An island comprising England and Scotland and Wales |
| Guy | An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day |
| Lord canceller | The highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords |
| MB | (a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine / medicine |
| National Trust | An organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty |
| Open University | A British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school |
| Ordnance Survey | The official cartography agency of the British government |
| Secret Intelligence Service | The government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible / responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas |
| Security Service | The government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible / responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory |
| Special Air Service | A specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups) |
| adorn central, centre de taula | Something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) |
| agent parlamentari | A person who is employed to look after the affairs of businesses that are affected by legislation of the British Parliament |
| agiotista | One who deals only with brokers or other jobbers |
| agitar, trémer, tremolar | shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively |
| almirallat | The department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain) |
| anglosaxó | A person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for 'White Anglo-Saxon Protestant' |
| anorac | A kind of heavy jacket ('windcheater' is a British term) |
| aristòcrata, dama, noble | A woman of the peerage in Britain |
| arrogant, presumptuós | (British informal) upstart |
| autoritat local | An administrative unit of local government |
| avantport | A subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade) |
| baldat | (British informal) exhausted or worn out |
| bar, pub, taphouse, taverna | tavern consisting of a building with a bar / bar and public rooms |
| baricentre, centre de massa | point representing the mean position of the matter in a body |
| berenar | A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes |
| bessó, centre, cor, essència, nucli, quid, substància | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
| bicicleta | A bicycle that must be pedaled |
| bidell | A minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function |
| bilió | The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros |
| boffin | (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research |
| boscany | A copse that shelters game |
| bossa d'escombraries | A plastic bag used to line a trash or garbage bin |
| bot de rem, bot de rems, embarcació de rems | A rowboat |
| bravada, fetor, tuf | An unpleasant smell |
| braç de gitano | pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled ... / rolled up and baked or steamed |
| broma pesada | A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) |
| bufó, petitó | (British informal) pretty and neat |
| cabina de control, caseta del guardaagulles | A building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains |
| cafè de carretera | A roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers |
| calceteria | socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) |
| call center, centraleta | A center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
| calçada, carril | One of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes |
| cambra cuirassada | A burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept |
| camí ral, carretera | A highway |
| canastrell | A small light basket used as a measure for fruits |
| cara, fesomia, fisonomia, rostre, semblant | The human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British) |
| carretera de circumval·lació, circumval·lació, disjuntor, ronda | A highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center |
| cc, centímetre cúbic, mililitre, mil·lilitre, ml | A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter |
| ceba d'hivern, ceba tendra | A young / young onion before the bulb has enlarged |
| cel·la | A large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
| centare, metre quadrat | A centare is 1/100th of an are |
| centrar, clavar, concentrar-se en, concentrar, enfocar, estar concentrat en, fixar | direct one's attention on something |
| centre | A building dedicated to a particular activity |
| centre, cor, mig, ull | An area that is approximately central within some larger / larger region |
| centre, mig, punt mitjà | A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure |
| centre comercial | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers |
| centre d'atenció | The object upon which interest and attention focuses |
| centre de curvatura | The center of the circle of curvature |
| centre de gravetat | The point within something at which gravity can be considered to act |
| centre nerviós | A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process |
| centímetre, cm | A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter |
| cert | An absolute certainty |
| chipolata | A small thin sausage |
| clunch | hardened clay |
| comitè d'empresa | (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc |
| compresa | A disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex) |
| compte corrent, compte | A bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
| compàs | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
| comtat | (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government |
| concurs de whist | A progressive whist party |
| conestable | A police officer of the lowest rank |
| confeccionador, confeccionista | someone who sells men's clothes |
| consell privat | An advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown) |
| content | Very pleased |
| crossbench | Any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition |
| crossbencher | A member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition |
| càlcul de costos | cost accounting |
| data de caducitat | A date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold |
| decàmetre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm | A metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
| decímetre, dm | A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter |
| decímetre cúbic, litre, l | A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions |
| dependent, venedor | A salesperson in a store |
| derv | diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines |
| desguàs | A hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away) |
| deu penics | A decimal coin worth ten pennies |
| egocèntric, egoista | Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs |
| eixerit, espavilat | (British informal) not to be deceived / deceived or hoodwinked |
| embarbussament | An incomprehensible talk |
| embolic, enrenou, garbuix, merder, nyap | Something badly botched or muddled |
| embrollaire, trafica | A person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes |
| epicentre | The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake |
| escapada | A secret move (to avoid paying debts) |
| estipendiari | (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases |
| excel·lent, magnífic | Very good |
| fabianisme | socialism / socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law |
| farina integral de blat | flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran |
| fastigós, repulsiu | Very unpleasant or offensive |
| femtometer, femtometre, fermi | A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter |
| ferreteria | The merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop |
| fleapit | An old shabby movie theater |
| focus d'agitació | A center of trouble or disturbance |
| fregadora | A female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work |
| frontbencher | A member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party |
| fruiter | A person who sells fruit |
| fruiteria, verdulaire | A grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables |
| furgoneta | Another name for a station wagon |
| furgoneta | (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight |
| galeta | Any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term) |
| gibrell, lavabo, rentamans | A basin for washing the hands ('wash-hand basin' is a British expression) |
| gran, més gran | Of the elder of two boys with the same family name |
| granota | A loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work |
| guapo | (informal British) sexually attractive |
| gymslip | A sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform |
| hectòmetre, hm | A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters |
| hipermercat | A huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town) |
| hortalissa, llegum, verdura | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
| houseman, intern | An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised / supervised practical experience ('houseman' is a British term) |
| humà, humanitari | marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare |
| idiota | A silly and inept person |
| impermeable, mac | A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric |
| instant, minut, moment, segon | An indefinitely short time |
| inventat | Having been paved |
| jersei, suèter | A crocheted / crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body |
| jobcentre | A government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered |
| joc dels palets | A game / game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark |
| kilòmetre, km, quilòmetre | A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) |
| kilòmetres per hora, Km/h, quilòmetre per hora, quilòmtres per hora | The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours) |
| lector de missatges, locutor, presentador | someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin |
| llibre verd | A preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate / stimulate discussion |
| ludo, parxís | A simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice |
| maleter, portaequipatge | British term for the luggage compartment in a car |
| maneta | A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called 'doorhandle' in Great Britain) |
| melassa | A pale cane syrup |
| menor, més petit | Of the younger of two boys with the same family name |
| mercer | A dealer in textiles (especially silks) |
| metre, m | The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) |
| metre cúbic, quilolitre | A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters |
| micromicron, picòmetre | A metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter |
| micromillimeter, micromillimetre, micromil·límetre, millimicron, nanòmetre | A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter |
| mil milions | A billion |
| millimetre, mil·límetre | A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter |
| mil·límetre cúbic | A metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge |
| minicab | A minicar used as a taxicab |
| minifundi | A piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation |
| minifundista | A person owning or renting a smallholding |
| mod | A British teenager or young adult in the 1960s |
| molt cansat | Very tired |
| molt sorprès | utterly astounded |
| mortadel·la bolonyesa, polony | Another name for Bologna sausage |
| muffin man | formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins |
| mym, myriameter, myriametre | A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters |
| nan | Your grandmother |
| necesser | A waterproof bag for holding bathrooms items (soap and toothpaste etc.) when you are travelling |
| obligació amb prima | A government bond that bears no interest or capital gains but enters the holder into lotteries |
| oli de cacauet | An oil from peanuts |
| ona mitjana | A radio wave with a wavelength between 100 and 1000 meters (a frequency between 300 kilohertz and 3000 kilohertz) |
| pale ale | An amber colored ale brewed with pale malts |
| par | A nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount / viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage |
| paraigua | colloquial terms for an umbrella |
| parlament | A legislative assembly in certain countries |
| pas de vianants, pas de zebra, pas zebra | street crossing where pedestrians have right of way |
| pastes de te | Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea |
| patates fregides, patates rosses | strips of potato fried in deep fat |
| planxa, relliscada | A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate |
| plataforma | The platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls |
| playbox | A box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school) |
| polzada | A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot |
| preceptor | teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) |
| president de la mesa electoral | The official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results |
| primer | An honours degree of the highest class |
| pud | (British) the dessert course of a meal ('pud' is used informally) |
| punt mort | The position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
| púding de pèsols | A pudding made with strained split peas mixed with egg |
| quilòmetre cúbic | A unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge |
| rector | The honorary or titular head of a university / university |
| reemissió | A system for distributing radio or tv programs |
| reracuina, trascocina | A small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen |
| res | Little or nothing at all |
| residència universitària | A university dormitory |
| rocker | A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes |
| rugbi, rugby | A form of football played with an oval ball |
| sala, saló | A sitting room (usually at school or university) |
| sala de suboficials | military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship |
| saló de te | A restaurant where tea and light meals are available |
| scrumpy | Strong cider (as made in western England) |
| sir | A title used before the name of knight or baronet |
| sis penics | A small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies |
| skidpan | A paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them |
| skiffle | A style of popular music in the 1950s |
| slopseller | A dealer in cheap ready-made clothing |
| societat anònima, societat mercantil | A company that is organized to give its owners limited liability |
| sucre granulat | Very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor |
| sufragista | A woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century) |
| swiz | British slang for a swindle |
| tassa de te | A cup of tea |
| taverner | The keeper of a public house |
| taxador | someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions |
| tearaway | A reckless / reckless and impetuous person |
| thatcherista | An advocate of Thatcherism |
| tiberi | A large satisfying meal |
| titular encarregat | The person who holds an office |
| torre, vil·la | detached or semidetached suburban house |
| torticoli | A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British) |
| trad | Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s |
| tram, tramvia, tramviari, tròlei | A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity |
| traster | A storeroom in a house where odds and ends can be stored (especially furniture) |
| tres penics | former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies |
| trilió | The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros |
| tómbola | A lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum |
| voral | A grass border along a road |
| wincey | A plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas |
| wog | (offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia |
| xalana | Sailing barge used especially in East Anglia |
| xarcuter | A vendor of pork and products made from pork |
| xarretera | Something worn on the shoulder of a military uniform as an emblem of a division / division etc. |
| àvia, gran, iaia, nana | The mother of your father or mother |
| Anglès | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain |
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| Espanyol | Gran Bretaña, Reino, Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte, Reino Unido de la Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte, Reino Unido, United Kingdom |
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| Adjectius | britànic | Of Britain |
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