BRIC

See also: bric

English

Etymology

Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: brick

Proper noun

BRIC

1. (politics, economics) Initialism of Brazil, Russia, India and China: a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies.

Translations

Brazil, Russia, India, and China

• Arabic: بْرِيك m (brīk)
• Belarusian: БРІК m (BRIK)
• Bulgarian: БРИК m (BRIK)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金磚四國 / 金砖四国 (zh) (Jīn zhuān sì guó); BRIC (zh); 磚塊 / 砖块 (zh) (zhuānkuài)

• Czech: BRIC m
• Danish: BRIK-lande (literally “BRIC countries”)
• Finnish: BRIC-maat pl
• French: BRIC (fr) m
• German: BRIC
• Hindi: बी.आर.आई.सी. (bī.ār.āī.sī.), ब्रिक (brik)
• Italian: BRIC (it) m
• Japanese: ブリック (Burikku)
• Korean: 브릭 (Beurik)
• Macedonian: БРИК m (BRIK)
• Marathi: ब्रिक (brik)
• Polish: BRIC m
• Portuguese: BRIC m
• Russian: БРИК m (BRIK)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: БРИК m

  Roman: BRIK m

• Spanish: BRIC m
• Ukrainian: БРІК m (BRIK)

Noun

BRIC (plural BRICs)

1. Any of those four countries.

See also

• IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa)
• BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)
• MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey)

Further reading

• BRIC on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CBIR, crib

Portuguese

Proper noun

BRIC m pl

1. (politics, economics) BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)

Spanish

Proper noun

BRIC ?

1. BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)