How Do You Pronounce Breve

English [edit]

The letter A with breve (one).

Left: breve (2) in modernistic notation. Centre: breve in mensural annotation used in some modern scores too. Right: less common stylistic variant of the first form.

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

• IPA^(key): /bɹiːv/, /bɹɛv/

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• Rhymes: -iːv, -ɛv

Substantive [edit]

breve (plural breves)

1. ( orthography, printing ) A semicircular diacritical marking (˘) placed above a vowel, unremarkably used to marker its quantity as curt.

   Synonym: micron

   Antonym: macron

2. ( music ) A double whole note.
3. ( police force ) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
4. ( zoology ) A pitta, all of which have more or less short tails.

Derived terms [edit]

• alla breve
• breve residual
• espresso breve
• i-breve
• inverted breve
• semibreve

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• brevity
• cursory

Translations [edit]

semicircular diacritical marking

See also [edit]

• brachy
• one-half notation
• longa
• whole note

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Italian breve.

Noun [edit]

breve (plural breves)

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

Farther reading [edit]

• Breve (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams [edit]

• Bever, bever

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Danish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

breve npl

1. indefinite plural of brev

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Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreː.və/
• Hyphenation: bre‧ve
• Rhymes: -eːvə

Noun [edit]

breve f (plural breves, diminutive brevetje n )

1. ( orthography ) breve

Anagrams [edit]

• bever

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Interlingua [edit]

Adjective [edit]

breve (comparative plus breve, meridian le plus breve)

1. curt

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Italian [edit]

Etymology one [edit]

From Latin brevis ( " short " ).

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Describing word [edit]

breve (plural brevi)

1. brief, short

   Synonym: corto

   Antonym: lungo

2. ( literary ) narrow

   Synonyms: angusto, stretto

   Antonyms: ampio, largo

3. ( prosody ) short

Derived terms [edit]

• a breve / tra breve
• brevemente
• brevità
• in breve

Adverb [edit]

breve

1. ( literary ) briefly

   Synonym: brevemente

Noun [edit]

breve f (plural brevi)

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

Derived terms [edit]

• dibreve

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Medieval Latin breve, from Latin brevis.

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Substantive [edit]

breve m (plural brevi)

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

Etymology 3 [edit]

Run into the etymology of the respective lemma form.

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

breve fpl

1. plural of breva

References [edit]

• breve^one in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• breve² in Treccani.information technology – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin [edit]

Adjective [edit]

breve

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of brevis

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Center English [edit]

Describing word [edit]

breve

1. Alternative form of bref

Substantive [edit]

breve

1. Culling class of bref

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Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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.

Pronunciation [edit]

• ( Brazil ) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.half-dozen/ [ˈbɾɛ.vi]

• ( Portugal ) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.v(ɨ)/ [ˈbɾɛ.five(ɨ)]

• Hyphenation: bre‧ve

Adjective [edit]

breve grand or f (plural breves)

1. brief, short

   Synonym: curto

   Antonym: longo

2. summarized
3. minute (very small-scale)

Derived terms [edit]

• até breve
• em breve

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• brevidade

Noun [edit]

breve f (plural breves)

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

Noun [edit]

breve m (plural breves)

1. a Papal cursory

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Castilian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin brevis ( " short " ).

Pronunciation [edit]

• IPA^(cardinal): /ˈbɾebe/, [ˈbɾe.β̞e]

Adjective [edit]

breve (plural breves, pinnacle brevísimo)

1. cursory, curt

   Synonym: corto

   Antonym: largo

Derived terms [edit]

• brevedad
• brevemente
• en breve
• la vida es breve
• lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno

Further reading [edit]

• "breve", in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

How Do You Pronounce Breve,

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breve

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