different between precept vs breve

English

Alternative forms

• præcept (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipi? (“to teach”), from Latin prae (“pre-”) + capi? (“take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i?s?pt/

Noun

precept (plural precepts)

1. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
   • 2006: Theodore Dalrymple, The Gift of Language

     I need hardly point out that Pinker doesn't really believe anything of what he writes, at least if example is stronger evidence of belief than precept.
2. (law) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
3. (Britain) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
   1. A rate or tax set by a precept.

Translations

Verb

precept (third-person singular simple present precepts, present participle precepting, simple past and past participle precepted)

1. (obsolete) To teach by precepts.
   • 1603, Francis Bacon, Valerius Terminus: Of The Interpretation of Nature

     the axioms of sciences are precepted to be made convertible

References

• “precept”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• percept

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipi? (“to teach”), from prae (“pre-”) + capi? (“take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?r?e??ept/

Noun

precept f (genitive precepte)

1. verbal noun of pridchaid
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10^d23

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 21^c19

Inflection

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “precept”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Etymology

From French précepte, from Latin praeceptum.

Noun

precept n (plural precepte)

1. precept

Declension

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