breve

See also: brève and brêve

English
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

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɹiːv/
  • Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

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.
  3. (law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
  4. (zoology) The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.

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Danish

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

Noun

breve n pl

  1. indefinite plural of brev

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbreː.və/
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Noun

breve f (plural breves, diminutive brevetje n)

  1. (orthography) breve

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Interlingua

Adjective

breve (comparative plus breve, superlative le plus breve)

  1. short

Italian

Etymology

From Latin brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɛ.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɛve

Adjective

breve (masculine and feminine plural brevi)

  1. brief, short
    Synonym: corto
    Antonym: lungo

Derived terms

Adverb

breve

  1. briefly

Noun

breve m (plural brevi)

  1. (music) breve
  2. brief (short news report)

Derived terms

Latin

Adjective

breve

  1. nominative neuter singular of brevis
  2. accusative neuter singular of brevis
  3. vocative neuter singular of brevis

Middle English

Adjective

breve

  1. Alternative form of bref

Noun

breve

  1. Alternative form of bref

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin brevis (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾɛ.vi/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɾɛ.vɨ/
  • Hyphenation: bre‧ve

Adjective

breve m or f (plural breves, comparable)

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

Derived terms

Noun

breve f (plural breves)

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

Noun

breve m (plural breves)

  1. a Papal brief

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾe.be/, [ˈbɾe̞.βe̞]

Adjective

breve (plural breves) (superlative brevísimo)

  1. brief, short
    Synonym: corto
    Antonym: largo

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