breve (redirected from breves)

breve  (brv, brv)

n.

1. A symbol ( ) placed over a vowel to show that it has a short sound, as the a in bat.

2. A curved mark used to indicate a short or unstressed syllable of verse.

3. Music A note equivalent to two whole notes.

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[Middle English, written communication, from Old French, from Medieval Latin, short syllable, from Latin, neuter of brevis, short; see brief.]

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breve [briːv]

n

1. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) an accent, (˘), placed over a vowel to indicate that it is of short duration or is pronounced in a specified way

2. (Music, other) Music a note, now rarely used, equivalent in time value to two semibreves

3. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a less common word for brief (papal letter)

[from Medieval Latin breve, from Latin brevis short; see brief]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

breve - a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation

Translations

breve [briːv] N (Mus, Typ) → breve f

breve

n (Brit Mus) → Brevis f