breve

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

• IPA^(key): /bɹiːv/, /bɹɛv/

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• Rhymes: -iːv, -ɛv

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.

• brachy
• half note
• longa
• whole note

From Italian breve.

breve (plural breves)

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

• Breve (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Bever, bever

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

breve n pl

1. indefinite plural of brev

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreː.və/

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• Hyphenation: bre‧ve
• Rhymes: -eːvə

breve f (plural breves, diminutive brevetje n)

1. (orthography) breve

• bever

From Latin brevis.

breve m or f (plural breves)

1. brief

• brevemente

• abreviar
• brevidade

• “breve”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Borrowed from Dutch breve (“breve”), from Latin brevis (“short”).

breve (first-person possessive breveku, second-person possessive brevemu, third-person possessive brevenya)

1. (orthography) breve: a semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.

• “breve” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

breve (comparative plus breve, superlative le plus breve)

1. short

Borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).

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

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

breve

1. (literary) briefly

   Synonym: brevemente

breve f (plural brevi)

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

• dibreve

Borrowed from Medieval Latin breve, from Latin brevis.

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

breve f pl

1. plural of breva

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

breve

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of brevis

breve

1. Alternative form of bref

breve

1. Alternative form of bref

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.

• Hyphenation: bre‧ve

breve m or f (plural breves)

1. brief, short

   Synonym: curto

   Antonym: longo

2. summarized
3. minute (very small)

• até breve
• em breve

• brevidade

breve f (plural breves)

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

breve m (plural breves)

1. a Papal brief

Borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾebe/ [ˈbɾe.β̞e]

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• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: bre‧ve

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

1. brief, short

   Synonym: corto

   Antonym: largo

• “breve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

breve

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of bredvid.

breve (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of bredvid.