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発音

• IPA: /bɹiːv/, /bɹɛv/
• 韻: -iːv, -ɛv
• Homophone: breathe (th-fronting)

名詞

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; a note twice as long as a semibreve.
3. (law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
   • 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 Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 45:

     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 bank-notes?

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

別の表記

• brieve

派生語

関連する語

参考

• brachy
• half note
• longa
• whole note

語源 2

Borrowed from Italian breve.

名詞

breve (plural breves)

1. An equal mix of espresso and half and half cream.

Further reading

• Breve (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Bever, bever

名詞

breve

1. alternative form of bref

形容詞

breve

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of brevis

名詞

breve

1. ablative singular of brevis