bref
Franco-Provençal
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bref (feminine bréva, masculine plural brefs, feminine plural bréves) (ORB, broad)
References
[edit]- bref in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French brief, from Latin brevis. A folk etymology derives it as an acronym of Bon, Revenons-En aux Faits, but this is completely inaccurate.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bref (feminine brève, masculine plural brefs, feminine plural brèves)
- brief (of short duration)
- Il lui envoya un bref message de quelques lignes seulement.
- He sent her a brief message of only a few lines.
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]bref
- (informal) in short, in brief, briefly
- Je vous ai déjà dit que cela ne se peut, que cela ne doit pas être ; bref, je ne le veux pas.
- I have already told you that that cannot be, that it must not be; in short, I do not want it.
Further reading
[edit]- “bref”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French brief, and its feminine form brieve, from Latin brevis, form Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. Doublet of mery.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bref (plural and weak singular breve)
- concise (having a short word-count)
- brief (short, ephemeral or quick)
- (rare) diminutive, little
- (rare) stupid
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “brẹ̄f, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-09.
Noun
[edit]bref (plural brefes)
- A message, especially one that gives approval or authorises.
- brief (writ, summons)
- A written text or part of one acting as a record.
- (rare, music) breve (double whole note)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “brẹ̄f, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-09.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bref oblique singular, m (oblique plural bres, nominative singular bres, nominative plural bref)
- Alternative form of brief
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]bref n
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the verbal base of brefaf / brefu (“to bleat, bellow, bray”), from Proto-Brythonic *brėβ̃ɨd (“to make noise”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bref m (plural brefau or brefion)
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bref | fref | mref | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bref”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24
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