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, 2012–2025

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

breve (plural breve-breve)

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 m or f (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

breve

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of bredvid.

breve (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of bredvid.