breviary

WOTD – 1 March 2009    

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin breviārium (“summary”) (compare abbreviation), ultimately from brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbrɛv.ɪ.əɹ.i/, /ˈbriː.vɪ.əɹ.i/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbrɛv.i.ɛɹ.i//

• Audio (US)

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Noun

breviary (plural breviaries)

1. A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.
2. (obsolete) A brief statement or summary.

Translations

a book containing prayers and hymns

• Armenian: ծիսարան (hy) (çisaran)
• Belarusian: трэбнік (be) (trebnik) m
• Czech: breviář (cs) m
• Danish: breviar (da)
• Dutch: brevier (nl) n
• Finnish: rukouskirja (fi)
• French: bréviaire (fr) m
• German: Brevier (de) n

• Italian: breviario (it) m
• Polish: brewiarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: breviário (pt) m
• Romanian: breviar (ro) n
• Russian: требник (ru) (trébnik) m
• Serbo-Croatian: časoslov (sh) m, молитвеник (sh) (molitvenik) m
• Spanish: breviario (es) m
• Ukrainian: требник (uk) (trébnik) m