"BRIC" meaning in English

See BRIC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Jim O'Neill|in=2001|nat=British|nobycat=1|occ=economist|w=Jim O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley}} Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BRIC
  1. (politics, economics) Initialism of Brazil, Russia, India and China: a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Brazil (extra: a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies), Russia (extra: a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies), India and China (extra: a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies) Categories (topical): Economics, Politics Categories (place): Brazil, China, India, Russia Translations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China): بْرِيك (brīk) [masculine] (Arabic), БРІК (BRIK) [masculine] (Belarusian), БРИК (BRIK) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 金磚四國 (Chinese Mandarin), 金砖四国 (Jīn zhuān sì guó) (Chinese Mandarin), BRIC (Chinese Mandarin), 磚塊 (Chinese Mandarin), 砖块 (zhuānkuài) (Chinese Mandarin), BRIC [masculine] (Czech), BRIK-lande (Danish), BRIC-maat [plural] (Finnish), BRIC [masculine] (French), BRIC (German), बी.आर.आई.सी. (bī.ār.āī.sī.) (Hindi), ब्रिक (brik) (Hindi), BRIC [masculine] (Italian), ブリック (Burikku) (Japanese), 브릭 (Beurik) (Korean), БРИК (BRIK) [masculine] (Macedonian), ब्रिक (brik) (Marathi), BRIC [masculine] (Polish), BRIC [masculine] (Portuguese), БРИК (BRIK) [masculine] (Russian), БРИК [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), BRIK [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), BRIC [masculine] (Spanish), БРІК (BRIK) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-BRIC-en-name-gLe331IE Disambiguation of Brazil: 79 21 Disambiguation of China: 97 3 Disambiguation of India: 71 29 Disambiguation of Russia: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: economics, government, politics, science, sciences

Noun

Forms: BRICs [plural]
Etymology: Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Jim O'Neill|in=2001|nat=British|nobycat=1|occ=economist|w=Jim O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley}} Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 Head templates: {{en-noun}} BRIC (plural BRICs)
  1. Any of those four countries. Related terms: IBSA [Brazil, India, South-Africa], BRICS [Brazil, China, India, Russia, South-Africa], MINT (english: Turkey) [Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria]
    Sense id: en-BRIC-en-noun-S~~c5bEr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

Inflected forms

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    "en:China",
    "en:India",
    "en:Russia"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Jim O'Neill",
        "in": "2001",
        "nat": "British",
        "nobycat": "1",
        "occ": "economist",
        "w": "Jim O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley"
      },
      "expansion": "Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001",
      "name": "coin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "BRICs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "India",
        "South-Africa"
      ],
      "word": "IBSA"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "China",
        "India",
        "Russia",
        "South-Africa"
      ],
      "word": "BRICS"
    },
    {
      "english": "Turkey",
      "tags": [
        "Indonesia",
        "Mexico",
        "Nigeria"
      ],
      "word": "MINT"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of those four countries."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "homophone": "brick"
    }
  ],
  "word": "BRIC"
}

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