BRIC

See also: bric

English

Etymology

Coined by British economist Jim O'Neill in 2001.

Pronunciation

Homophone: brick

Proper noun

BRIC

(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)

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

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

Spanish

Proper noun

BRIC ?

BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)

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