different between brevity vs breve

English

Etymology

First attested in English in 1509; either:

• Borrowed directly from Latin brevit?s; or
• from Anglo-Norman brevité, from Old French brieveté, from Latin brevit?tem, accusative of brevit?s, from brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??v?ti/

Noun

brevity (countable and uncountable, plural brevities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.
2. (uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
3. (rare, countable) A short piece of writing.

Synonyms

• (quality of being brief in duration): ephemerality, fleetingness, transiency; see also Thesaurus:transience
• (succinctness): concision, laconicism, terseness; see also Thesaurus:succinctness

Derived terms

• brevitic
• brevity is the soul of wit

Related terms

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Brief amounts of time

English

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): /b?i?v/, /b??v/
• Rhymes: -i?v, -?v

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) A pitta, all of which have more or less short tails.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• half note
• longa
• whole note

Further reading

• breve on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bever, bever

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bre?v?/, [?b??e?v?], [?b??e?w?]

Noun

breve n pl

1. indefinite plural of brev

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bre?.v?/
• Hyphenation: bre?ve
• Rhymes: -e?v?

Noun

breve f (plural breves, diminutive brevetje n)

1. (orthography) breve

Anagrams

• bever

Interlingua

Adjective

breve (comparative plus breve, superlative le plus breve)

1. short

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br?.ve/
• Rhymes: -?ve
• Hyphenation: brè?ve

Adjective

breve (plural brevi)

1. brief, short

   Synonym: corto

   Antonym: lungo

2. (literary) narrow

   Synonyms: angusto, stretto

   Antonyms: ampio, largo

3. (prosody) short

Derived terms

Adverb

breve

1. (literary) briefly

   Synonym: brevemente

Noun

breve f (plural brevi)

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

Derived terms

• dibreve

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin breve, from Latin brevis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br?.ve/
• Rhymes: -?ve
• Hyphenation: brè?ve

Noun

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. [13^th-14^th 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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bre.ve/
• Rhymes: -eve
• Hyphenation: bré?ve

Noun

breve f pl

1. plural of breva

References

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

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 *mré??us.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?b??.v?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?b??.vi/, [?b??.v?]
• 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

• até breve
• em breve

Related terms

• brevidade

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): /?b?ebe/, [?b?e.??e]

Adjective

breve (plural breves) (superlative brevísimo)

1. brief, short

   Synonym: corto

   Antonym: largo

Derived terms