brièveté
French edit
Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin brevitātem. By surface analysis, bref + -té. Compare Old French brieté, the inherited form.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brièveté f (plural brièvetés)
- brevity (quality of being brief)
Further reading edit
- “brièveté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.