different between writ vs breve

English

Etymology

From Middle English writ, iwrit, ?ewrit, from Old English writ (“letter, book, treatise; scripture, writing; writ, charter, document, deed”) and ?ewrit (“writing, something written, written language; written character, bookstave; inscription; orthography; written statement, passage from a book; official or formal document, document; law, jurisprudence; regulation; list, catalog; letter; text of an agreement; writ, charter, deed; literary writing, book, treatise; books dealing with a subject under notice; a book of the Bible; scripture, canonical book, the Scriptures; stylus”), from Proto-Germanic *writ? (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wr?- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

writ (countable and uncountable, plural writs)

1. (law) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
2. Authority, power to enforce compliance.

   • We can't let them take advantage of the fact that there are so many areas of the world where no one's writ runs.

   • 1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China

     Within Lololand, of course, no Chinese writ runs, no Chinese magistrate holds sway, and the people, more or less divided among themselves, are under the government of their tribal chiefs.

3. (archaic) That which is written; writing.
   • Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ

Synonyms

• claim form (English law)

Derived terms

• drop the writ
• handwrit
• Holy Writ
• writ of habeas corpus

Translations

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Verb

writ

1. (archaic) past tense of write
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II scene iv^[2]:

     I know the hand: in faith, 'tis a fair hand;

     And whiter than the paper it writ on

     Is the fair hand that writ.

2. (archaic) past participle of write
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II scene iv^[3]:

     I know the hand: in faith, 'tis a fair hand;

     And whiter than the paper it writ on

     Is the fair hand that writ.

   • 1682, John Dryden, Mac Klecknoe

     Let Virtuosos in five years be writ; / Yet not one thought accuse thy toil of wit. (Mac Flecknoe)

   • 1859, Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerlad (translattor), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

     The moving finger writes, and having writ, not all your piety or wit can lure it back to cancel half a line […]

   • 1821, John Keats

     Here lies One whose Name was writ in Water.

Usage notes

• The form writ survives in standard dialects in the phrase writ large as well as in works aiming for an intentionally poetic or archaic style. It remains common in some dialects (e.g. Scouse).

Derived terms

• writ large
• writ small

Anagrams

• ITRW, Wirt

Gothic

Romanization

writ

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Old English

Alternative forms

• ?ewrit

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *writ?, whence also Old High German riz, Old Norse rit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /writ/

Noun

writ n (nominative plural writu)

1. writ

Declension

Derived terms

• ?ewrit

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