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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.