brève

See also: breve, brêve, and brevê

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛv/

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Adjective

brève

1. feminine singular of bref

Noun

brève f (plural brèves)

1. a brief piece of information or news (as opposed to the headline)
2. (linguistics) short vowel
3. (linguistics, by extension) breve
4. (zoology) pitta; any bird belonging to the passerine family Pittidae

Derived terms

• brevet

Further reading

• “brève”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• verbe