Associations to the word «Breve»
Adverb
Wiktionary
BREVE, noun. (orthography) (printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
BREVE, noun. (music) (UK) A double whole note.
BREVE, noun. (legal) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
BREVE, noun. The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas, which has a very short tail.
Dictionary definition
BREVE, noun. A diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound.
Wise words
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say
"infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no
word left when you want to talk about something really
infinite.