breve
About 0.36 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
- noun A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve.
- noun Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
- noun A pitta, all of which have more or less short tails.
- noun An equal mix of espresso and half and half cream.
Similar words
circumflex tilde diaeresis diacritical inverted breve acute accent macron triangular colon i-breve underdot
Often followed by
historia de y storia and of in fra is
Word family
breves
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