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breve

See also: brève, brêve, and brevê

English

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The letter A with breve (1).
 
Left: breve (2) in modern notation. Centre: breve in mensural notation used in some modern scores as well. Right: less common stylistic variant of the first form.

Etymology 1

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From Middle English breve, variant of bref, from Old French brieve, breve (feminine form of brief, bref), from Latin brevis (“short”).

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breve (plural breves)

  1. (orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
    Synonym: micron
    Antonym: macron
  2. (music) A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve.
  3. (law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
  4. (zoology) A pitta, all of which have more or less short tails.
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Etymology 2

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From Italian breve.

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breve (plural breves)

  1. An equal mix of espresso and half and half cream.

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Danish

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  • IPA(key): /breːvə/, [ˈb̥ʁeːvə], [ˈb̥ʁeːw̩]

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breve n pl

  1. indefinite plural of brev

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Latin brevis (“short”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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breve f (plural breves, diminutive brevetje n)

  1. (orthography) breve

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin brevis.

Adjective

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breve m or f (plural breves)

  1. brief

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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breve (comparative plus breve, superlative le plus breve)

  1. short

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɛ.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɛve
  • Hyphenation: brè‧ve

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breve (plural brevi)

  1. brief, short
    Synonym: corto
    Antonym: lungo
    Il mese è breve. ― The month is short.
  2. (literary) narrow
    Synonyms: angusto, stretto
    Antonyms: ampio, largo
  3. (prosody) short
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Adverb

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breve

  1. (literary) briefly
    Synonym: brevemente

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breve f (plural brevi)

  1. (prosody) short (short vowel or syllable)
  2. (typography) breve (the diacritical mark ˘)
  3. (music) breve (double whole note)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin breve, from Latin brevis.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɛ.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɛve
  • Hyphenation: brè‧ve

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breve m (plural brevi)

  1. (historical, Middle Ages) a document recording a business transaction
  2. (historical, Middle Ages) an oath sworn by magistrates of a medieval commune
  3. (historical, Middle Ages, by extension) the statute of a commune. [13th–14th c.]
  4. (Christianity) an official papal document, less solemn than a bull
  5. (obsolete, by extension) a strip of paper with a short writing thereon
  6. (Christianity) a small bundle containing a saint's relic or written prayers
  7. (obsolete) talisman, amulet

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbre.ve/
  • Rhymes: -eve
  • Hyphenation: bré‧ve

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breve f pl

  1. plural of breva

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  • breve1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • breve2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Adjective

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breve

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of brevis

Middle English

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breve

  1. Alternative form of bref

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breve

  1. Alternative form of bref

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Probably a borrowing from Latin brevis (“short”) (compare Spanish breve, where *brieve would be expected if the term were inherited), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

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  • Hyphenation: bre‧ve

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breve m or f (plural breves)

  1. brief, short
    Synonym: curto
    Antonym: longo
  2. summarized
  3. minute (very small)

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breve f (plural breves)

  1. (music) a double whole note (US) or breve (UK)
  2. (phonetics) a syllable or vowel that is quickly pronounced

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breve m (plural breves)

  1. a Papal brief

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).

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breve m or f (masculine and feminine plural breves, superlative brevísimo)

  1. brief, short
    Synonym: corto
    Antonym: largo

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Swedish

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Preposition

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breve

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of bredvid.

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breve (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of bredvid.
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