bref

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Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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From Latin brevis.

Adjective

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bref (feminine bréva, masculine plural brefs, feminine plural bréves) (ORB, broad)

  1. brief

References

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  • bref in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /bʁɛf/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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bref (feminine brève, masculine plural brefs, feminine plural brèves)

  1. 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

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Adverb

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bref

  1. (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

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /breːf/, /ˈbreːv(ə)/

Adjective

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bref (plural and weak singular breve)

  1. concise (having a short word-count)
  2. brief (short, ephemeral or quick)
  3. (rare) diminutive, little
  4. (rare) stupid

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: brief
  • Fingallian: brief
  • Scots: brief

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Noun

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bref (plural brefes)

  1. A message, especially one that gives approval or authorises.
  2. brief (writ, summons)
  3. A written text or part of one acting as a record.
  4. (rare, music) breve (double whole note)

Descendants

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References

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin brevis.

Noun

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bref oblique singularm (oblique plural bres, nominative singular bres, nominative plural bref)

  1. Alternative form of brief

Swedish

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Noun

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bref n

  1. Obsolete spelling of brev.

Welsh

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Etymology

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From the verbal base of brefaf / brefu (to bleat, bellow, bray), from Proto-Brythonic *brėβ̃ɨd (to make noise).

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Noun

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bref m (plural brefau or brefion)

  1. a bleat, low, bellow, bray, roar, cry

Derived terms

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  • brefu (to bleat, to bellow, to bray, to cry)
  • Hydref (October)

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
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

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  • 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