Brexit

• Brixit

Blend of Britain +‎ exit, formed by analogy with Grexit.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest attested use is on 15 May 2012 in a Euractiv blog post by Peter Wilding titled “Stumbling towards the Brexit”, formed by analogy with Grexit, coined on 6 February 2012.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛɡzɪt/, /ˈbɹɛksɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛksɪt
• Hyphenation: Brex‧it

Brexit

1. (UK politics) Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

   Antonym: Bremain

   • 2012 May 15, Peter Wilding, “Stumbling towards the Brexit”, in EurActiv‎, archived from the original on 24 June 2016:

     Unless a clear view is pushed that Britain must lead in Europe at the very least to achieve the completion of the single market then the portmanteau for Greek euro exit might be followed by another sad word, Brexit.

   • 2015, Denis MacShane, Brexit: How Britain Will Leave Europe, London: I.B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 6:

     The business community began to take the idea of Brexit seriously. Three major American banks, the Bank of America, Citibank and Morgan Stanley, revealed they were working on contingency plans to relocate from London to Dublin […]

   • 2016 June 24, Kate McCann, “EU referendum live: David Cameron resigns after UK shocks the world by voting for Brexit”, in The Daily Telegraph‎, archived from the original on 24 June 2016:

     David Cameron has resigned as Prime Minister after Britain voted to leave the European Union. It followed a turbulent night with Remain campaigners quietly confident until the early hours when results from Newcastle and Sunderland showed better than expected returns for the Brexit camp. A surprise victory for a Brexit in Swansea, which was expected to vote to Remain, did little to dampen concerns despite Scotland overwhelmingly backing staying in the Union.

   • 2016 August 1, Alex Barker, Jim Brunsden, “Eurocrats’ pensions shape up to be flashpoint in Brexit talks”, in The Financial Times, London:

     The pensions of British Eurocrats are shaping up to be one of the most politically poisonous points in the UK’s Brexit talks, as the EU and London prepare to clash over liabilities running to several billion euros.

   • 2017 June 19, Michel Barnier, “Brexit Negotiations: David Davis says ‘Promising Start’ Made”, in BBC News:

     We must lift the uncertainty caused by Brexit.

   • 2018 March 7, Daniel Boffey, Jennifer Rankin, “EU scorns UK’s ‘pick and mix’ approach to trade post-Brexit”, in The Guardian, London:

     [Donald] Tusk said: “Our agreement will not make trade between the UK and the EU frictionless or smoother. It will make it more complicated and costly than today, for all of us. This is the essence of Brexit.”

   • 2018 June 5, “Brexit poll reveals record number of voters think decision to leave EU is wrong”, in The Independent‎, London:

     Meanwhile, The Sunday Times revealed that civil servants had warned of a “Doomsday Brexit” if no agreement is reached, creating shortages of medicine, fuel and food.

   • 2018 June 23, “Brexit: Theresa May ‘not bluffing’ in threat to leave EU without a deal, Tory minister Liam Fox says”, in The Independent‎, London:

     “It’s all incredibly unhelpful and what we need to do now is to get closer with our European partners and work out what a realistic, pragmatic Brexit is that works for both sides, the EU and ourselves.”

   • 2019 March 5, David Miliband, “As foreign secretary I argued against an EU referendum. Now I back one”, in The Guardian‎:

     A further referendum is not just a way for voters to decide whether to incur the economic and social cost of a final Brexit deal.

   • 2021 November, Christiaan van Lierop, European Parliamentary Research Service:

     The EESC also considers that the €5.4 billion reserve will not be sufficient to mitigate the negative effects of Brexit and asks the co-legislators to increase the proposed ceiling.

   • 2021 December 2, “Frontex plane arrives in northern France to help fight people smuggling”, in Euronews, sourced from AFP:

     Brexit has also made it harder for the UK to deport migrants back to the EU as the country has left the bloc’s asylum scheme.

   • 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52:

     Thanks to Brexit, many ferry companies now run direct from Ireland to the EU mainland, bypassing UK ports such as Fishguard, with an impact on traffic.

   • 2023 February 2, Andrew Adonis, “Sooner or later, re-entry to the customs union and single market is inevitable”, in Prospect:

     Even the BBC, long prevaricating on the issue, has started properly reporting the Brexit catastrophe, particularly its impact on the cost of living, NHS staff shortages and projections of weak future economic growth.

   • 2023 August 7, Jo Harper, “UK–US: What’s happened to their free trade deal?”, in Deutsche Welle:

     Biden’s irritation with London’s inability to solve its “Irish question” after Brexit has also played a role.

   • 2023 October 6, Heather Stewart, “‘Choose London’: Sadiq Khan steps up efforts to lure EU citizens post-Brexit”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The mayor of London has urged EU citizens to “choose London” over other European cities, promising to make the UK capital a better place to live and work despite Brexit.

   • 2023 November 3, Tim Olivier, “Brexit: a critical juncture in the UK’s international relations?”, in UK in a Changing Europe:

     The Brexit referendum seemingly heralded such a moment but other than the negative sentiment of leave, the more positive agenda of what to do with the UK’s newfound status has been found wanting.

   • 2023 November 23, Peter Zeihan, “Ireland Needs a New Game Plan || Peter Zeihan”, in Zeihan on Geopolitics, sourced from YouTube, 2:55–3:14:

     The Brits have been uniquely incompetent in wallowing in narcissistic irrelevance ever since the Brexit vote. They’ve refused to admit that the only path forward for them is a crippling deal with the United States that will give them access to the NAFTA system but at the cost of any kind of economic sovereignty.

• hard Brexit
• soft Brexit

• Bremain

Brexit (third-person singular simple present Brexits, present participle Brexiting, simple past and past participle Brexited)

1. (of Britain) To exit the European Union.
   • 2015, Stefano Francesco Fugazzi, Brexit?, →ISBN, page 27:

     Brexiting the EU, not leaving Europe

   • 2016, Owen Bennet, chapter 10, in The Brexit Club: The Inside Story of the Leave Campaign’s Shock Victory, →ISBN:

     [Nigel] Farage recalls: What was clear from that polling was that in June 2015 the most trusted person in the country on whether to Brexit or not to Brexit was David Cameron.

   • 2016, Maureen Dowd, “Unconventional Conventions”, in The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics, →ISBN:

     Parisiens I had talked to were universally disgusted: with David Cameron, for holding the vote; with the British, for Brexiting; […]

2. (slang, by extension) To leave a romantic relationship. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• Appendix: Brexit glossary

• United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Brexit

1. (politics) Brexit

Borrowed from English Brexit.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛk.sɪt/

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• Hyphenation: Bre‧xit

Brexit m

1. Brexit

Borrowed from English Brexit.

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛk.sit/

Brexit m

1. Brexit

   le Brexit dur ― hard Brexit

   • 2014 July 17, Nicolas Baverez, “Le Brexit ou l'absurdité du siècle”, in Le Point‎:

     Le Brexit (British exit) ou sortie du Royaume-Uni de l’Union européenne paraît pratiquement inéluctable.

     Brexit (British exit), or the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, seems practically inevitable.

   • 2016, Danielle Auroi, Rapport d'information de la commission des affaires européennes sur les négociations de l'Union européenne avec le Royaume Uni relatives à son maintien au sein de l'Union‎, page 18:

     Début janvier, David Cameron a finalement accepté de laisser les ministres de son cabinet faire campagne en faveur du Brexit s’ils le souhaitaient, à titre privé et individuel.

     At the start of January, David Cameron finally agreed to let ministers in his cabinet campaign in favour of Brexit if they wished, in a private and individual capacity.

   • 2016 June 24, “Résultat du référendum sur le Brexit”, in Le Huffington Post‎:

     Le Brexit, ou British Exit, était en tête avec près de 51,7% des voix après dépouillement dans 300 des 382 centres du pays, peu avant 5h, selon le décompte officiel, grâce à des résultats largement favorables dans plusieurs villes du nord de l’Angleterre et au Pays de Galles.

     Brexit, or "British Exit", was ahead with nearly 51.7% of the vote after counting had finished in 300 of 382 local authorities, shortly before 5 am, according to the official count, thanks to broadly favourable results in several cities in Northern England and Wales.

   • 2018, AFP agence, “Brexit: «Seul un accord de libre-échange est possible», prévient Donald Tusk”, in Le Figaro:

     Le Brexit «conduira inévitablement à des frictions» commerciales entre l’UE et le Royaume-Uni, étant donné le souhait britannique de quitter le marché unique et l’union douanière

     Brexit "will inevitably lead to friction" in trade between the EU and the UK, given Britain's desire to leave the single market and the customs union

   • 2018, AFP agence, “Brexit: «Seul un accord de libre-échange est possible», prévient Donald Tusk”, in Le Figaro:

     Les tractations sur les futurs liens commerciaux entre l’UE et le Royaume-Uni n’ont pas encore démarré, les discussions s’étant jusqu’ici concentrées sur la préparation du traité scellant le Brexit, avec de lourds dossiers comme la facture du divorce, le sort des expatriés et l’avenir de la frontière irlandaise.

     Negotiations on future trade links between the EU and the UK have not yet started, discussions up to now having concentrated on drafting the treaty finalising Brexit, including complicated issues such as the divorce bill, the fate of expats, and the future of the Irish border.

   • 2018 April 28, Benoît Floc'h, “Le gouvernement prépare les douanes à un Brexit dur”, in Le Monde‎:

     Reste une troisième option : l’absence d’accord. C’est le Brexit dur. La frontière serait immédiatement et totalement rétablie en mars 2019.

     There remains a third option: the lack of an agreement. This is hard Brexit. The border would be immediately and completely re-established in March 2019.

• Brexit on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʁɛksɪt/, (sometimes anglicised) /ˈbɹɛksɪt/

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der Brexit m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Brexits or des Brexit)

1. (politics) Brexit

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɛksit], [ˈbrɛɡzit]
• Hyphenation: Bre‧xit

Brexit (plural Brexitek)

1. Alternative letter-case form of brexit (“Brexit”).

Unadapted borrowing from English Brexit.

Brexit n

1. Brexit

Borrowed from English Brexit.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾeɡsit/ [ˈbɾeɣ̞.sit̪]
• Rhymes: -eɡsit

Brexit m

1. Brexit
   • 2015 May 25, Pablo R. Suanzes, “Brexident, más que Brexit”, in El Mundo‎:

     Con la campaña electoral británica y el giro a la derecha, por así llamarlo, de David Cameron, otro concepto se ha hecho bastante popular en los pasillos de las instituciones, el de 'Brexit'.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015 November 26, Roberto Casado, “El gran riesgo de 2016 para los mercados es el 'Brexit'”, in Expansión‎:

     Los inversores apenas han reaccionado al sondeo, el primero que otorga la victoria a los partidarios del Brexit.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2016 June 24, Carolina Enriquez, “Cinco efectos que podría generar el Brexit en Ecuador”, in El Comercio‎:

     Hasta antes del Brexit, estas personas sí tenían libertad para laborar en territorios británicos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2018 March 7, Lucía Abellán, “La UE enfría las expectativas de May y solo ofrece un acuerdo comercial tras el Brexit”, in El Pais:

     El acuerdo comercial no hará la relación comercial más fácil. Será más complicada. Esa es la esencia del Brexit

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2018 March 7, Lucía Abellán, “La UE enfría las expectativas de May y solo ofrece un acuerdo comercial tras el Brexit”, in El Pais:

     No habrá ganadores tras el Brexit. Las dos partes pierden

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Brexit on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

• Brecsit

Borrowed from English Brexit.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛksɪt/

Brexit m

1. Brexit

This noun cannot usually be mutated.

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