brevier
See also: Brevier
English
Etymology
Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman *brevier, from Latin breviārium (“breviary”), presumably from its use in printing them. Most breviaries were not, however, printed with such small type, leading some to conjecture that it instead derived from cognates of brief and has a meaning similar to French petit and German Petit.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
brevier (uncountable)
- (typography, printing, dated) The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.
Synonyms
- (French contexts): small text
- (French and German contexts): petit
Derived terms
Translations
Translations
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "brevier, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
brevier n (plural brevieren, diminutive breviertje n)
See also
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) brevier
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