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Yes. The word breve is a Scrabble US word. The word breve is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (2 found)

BEVER,BREVE,

4-letter words (7 found)

BEER,BERE,BREE,EREV,EVER,VEER,VERB,

3-letter words (7 found)

BEE,ERE,EVE,REB,REE,REV,VEE,

2-letter words (4 found)

BE,EE,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 21 words from breve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of breve

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Definitions and meaning of breve

breve

Etymology 1

From Middle English breve, variant of bref, from Old French brieve, breve (feminine form of brief, bref), from Latin brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹiːv/, /bɹɛv/
  • Rhymes: -iːv, -ɛv

Noun

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

See also

  • brachy
  • half note
  • longa
  • whole note

Etymology 2

From Italian breve.

Noun

breve (plural breves)

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

Further reading

  • Breve (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Bever, bever

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /breːvə/, [ˈb̥ʁeːvə], [ˈb̥ʁeːw̩]

Noun

breve n pl

  1. indefinite plural of brev

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin brevis (“short”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbreː.və/
  • Hyphenation: bre‧ve
  • Rhymes: -eːvə

Noun

breve f (plural breves, diminutive brevetje n)

  1. (orthography) breve

Anagrams

  • bever

Galician

Etymology

From Latin brevis.

Adjective

breve m or f (plural breves)

  1. brief

Derived terms

  • brevemente

Related terms

  • abreviar
  • brevidade

Further reading

  • “breve” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Adjective

breve (comparative plus breve, superlative le plus breve)

  1. short

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɛ.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɛve
  • Hyphenation: brè‧ve

Adjective

breve (plural brevi)

  1. brief, short
    Synonym: corto
    Antonym: lungo
    Il mese è breve. ― The month is short.
  2. (literary) narrow
    Synonyms: angusto, stretto
    Antonyms: ampio, largo
  3. (prosody) short
Derived terms

Adverb

breve

  1. (literary) briefly
    Synonym: brevemente

Noun

breve f (plural brevi)

  1. (prosody) short (short vowel or syllable)
  2. (typography) breve (the diacritical mark ˘)
  3. (music) breve (double whole note)
Derived terms
  • dibreve

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin breve, from Latin brevis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɛ.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɛve
  • Hyphenation: brè‧ve

Noun

breve m (plural brevi)

  1. (historical, Middle Ages) a document recording a business transaction
  2. (historical, Middle Ages) an oath sworn by magistrates of a medieval commune
  3. (historical, Middle Ages, by extension) the statute of a commune. [13th–14th c.]
  4. (Christianity) an official papal document, less solemn than a bull
  5. (obsolete, by extension) a strip of paper with a short writing thereon
  6. (Christianity) a small bundle containing a saint's relic or written prayers
  7. (obsolete) talisman, amulet

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbre.ve/
  • Rhymes: -eve
  • Hyphenation: bré‧ve

Noun

breve f pl

  1. plural of breva

Further reading

  • breve1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • breve2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

breve

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of brevis

Middle English

Adjective

breve

  1. Alternative form of bref

Noun

breve

  1. Alternative form of bref

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Latin brevis (“short”) (compare Spanish breve, where *brieve would be expected if the term were inherited), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bre‧ve

Adjective

breve m or f (plural breves)

  1. brief, short
    Synonym: curto
    Antonym: longo
  2. summarized
  3. minute (very small)

Derived terms

  • até breve
  • em breve

Related terms

  • brevidade

Noun

breve f (plural breves)

  1. (music) a double whole note (US) or breve (UK)
  2. (phonetics) a syllable or vowel that is quickly pronounced

Noun

breve m (plural breves)

  1. a Papal brief

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾebe/ [ˈbɾe.β̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ebe
  • Syllabification: bre‧ve

Adjective

breve m or f (masculine and feminine plural breves, superlative brevísimo)

  1. brief, short
    Synonym: corto
    Antonym: largo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “breve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Preposition

breve

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of bredvid.

Adverb

breve (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of bredvid.

Source: wiktionary.org