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Yes. The word brevis is a Scrabble US word. The word brevis is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word brevis is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

BREVIS,

5-letter words (12 found)

BIERS,BIRSE,BREIS,BRIES,BRISE,RIBES,RIVES,SIVER,VERBS,VIBES,VIERS,VIRES,

4-letter words (22 found)

BIER,BISE,BREI,BRIE,BRIS,IRES,REBS,REIS,REVS,RIBS,RISE,RIVE,SEIR,SIRE,VERB,VERS,VIBE,VIBS,VIER,VIES,VIRE,VISE,

3-letter words (17 found)

BES,BIS,ERS,IRE,REB,REI,RES,REV,RIB,SEI,SER,SEV,SIB,SIR,SRI,VIE,VIS,

2-letter words (7 found)

BE,BI,ER,ES,IS,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 60 words from brevis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of brevis

brevis

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbre.u̯is/, [ˈbreu̯ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbre.vis/, [ˈbrɛːvis]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. Cognates include Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús), English merry, Sanskrit मुहु (muhu).

Adjective

brevis (neuter breve, comparative brevior, superlative brevissimus, adverb breviter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (of distance) short, small, little, narrow
  2. (of time) brief, short
  3. (of height or depth) short, low, shallow
  4. (phonology, of a syllable) short
Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Synonyms
  • (distance): parvus
  • (time): parvus
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "distance, time"): longus
  • (antonym(s) of "height"): altus
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Etymology 2

Short for brevis liber.

Noun

brevis m (genitive brevis); third declension

  2. (Late Latin) short catalog, summary
    Synonym: breviārium
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Etymology 3

Short for brevis syllaba.

Noun

brevis f (genitive brevis); third declension

  1. dactyl
    Synonym: dactylus
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Etymology 4

Noun

brevis f (genitive brevis); third declension

  1. (orthography, printing) breve
  2. (music) breve (British), whole note (US)
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Descendants
  • English: breve
  • Italian: breve

References

  • “brevis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “brevis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • brevis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • brevis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

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