breve
/bɹiːv/
breve noun: a semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
Noun (1)
breve (plural breves)
- A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
- A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve.
- Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
- But what, are you puzzling in your pockets to seek your only memorial among old play bills, letters requesting a meeting of the Faculty, rules of the Speculative Society, syllabus' of lectures—all the miscellaneous contents of a young lawyer's pocket, which contains every thing but brieves and...1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], “I. Being Introductory.”, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James...
- A pitta, all of which have more or less short tails.
Noun (2)
breve (plural breves)
- An equal mix of espresso and half and half cream.
breve meaning in Malay and Vietnamese
breve in Malay
- semicircular diacritical mark
- bref, tanda singkat
- double whole note
- bref, brif
breve in Vietnamese
- semicircular diacritical mark
- dấu trăng, dấu mũ ngược, dấu á
- double whole note
- tròn đôi, nốt tròn đôi, nốt vuông
Synonyms of breve
Antonyms
Forms of breve
| plural | breves |
|---|---|
| alternative form | brieve |
Origin of breve
From Middle English breve, variant of bref, from Old French brieve, breve (feminine form of brief, bref), from Latin brevis (“short”).
Borrowed from Italian breve.
Words formed from breve
Phrases with breve
Words that rhyme with breve
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- eve
- grieve
- Kharkiv
- conceive
- naive
- neve
- Pishchiv
- weave
- keeve
- Neave
- Piskiv
- reeve
- screeve
- skeeve
- aggrieve
- beleave
- French leave
- greave
- interweave
- perceive
- reave
- seave
- sheave
- shrieve
- sleave
- steeve
- steve
- take French leave
- Abib
- beeve
- deceive
- dreve
- Dutch leave
- eave
- gneeve
- khedive
- nieve
- peeve
- preconceive
- rebelieve
- reperceive
- thieve
- transceive
- we've
- Yves
Questions about breve
- What does breve mean?
- Breve means a semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
- What is breve in Malay?
- Breve in Malay is bref, tanda singkat, brif. See Breve meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is breve?
- Breve is a noun.
- How do you pronounce breve?
- Breve is pronounced /bɹiːv/.
- What is the plural of breve?
- The plural of breve is breves.
Words near breve in the dictionary
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