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Is brevier a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word brevier is a Scrabble US word. The word brevier is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is brevier a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word brevier is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is brevier a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word brevier is a Words With Friends word. The word brevier is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

BREVIER,

6-letter words (4 found)

REIVER,REVERB,RIEVER,VERIER,

5-letter words (9 found)

BEVER,BREER,BRERE,BREVE,BRIER,REIVE,REVIE,RIEVE,RIVER,

4-letter words (16 found)

BEER,BERE,BIER,BIRR,BREE,BREI,BRER,BRIE,EREV,EVER,RIVE,VEER,VERB,VIBE,VIER,VIRE,

3-letter words (13 found)

BEE,BRR,ERE,ERR,EVE,IRE,REB,REE,REI,REV,RIB,VEE,VIE,

2-letter words (5 found)

BE,BI,EE,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from brevier according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of brevier

brevier

Etymology

Probably from Old French or Anglo-Norman *brevier, from Latin breviārium (“breviary”), presumably from its use in printing them. Most breviaries were not, however, printed with such small type, leading some to conjecture that it instead derived from cognates of brief and has a meaning similar to French petit and German Petit.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

brevier (uncountable)

  1. (typography, printing, dated) The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.

Synonyms

  • (French contexts): small text
  • (French and German contexts): petit

Derived terms

  • two-line brevier

Related terms

  • breviary

Translations

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brəˈviːr/
  • Hyphenation: bre‧vier
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brevier, ultimately from Latin breviārium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brevier n (plural brevieren, diminutive breviertje n)

  1. (Christianity) breviary (liturgical book for use at canonical hours)

See also

  • getijdenboek

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin breviārium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brevier f (plural brevieren)

  1. (dated, typography) brevier

Latin

Verb

brevier

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of breviō

Source: wiktionary.org