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say it: BRIT-uhn
britten is a noun meaning "major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)". It is pronounced /ˈbɹɪtən/ — BRIT-uhn. It carries one recorded sense.
major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for britten come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.