brief
Afrikaans
/brif/
noun
Definitions
- letter written message
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish brief (letter, note) inherited from Middle Dutch brief derived from Latin brevis (short, small, brief, little, of small extent, narrow, shallow).
Origin
Latin
brevis
Gloss
short, small, brief, little, of small extent, narrow, shallow
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
短
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brevi- English
- brevipennate English
- breviarium Latin
- brevicaudus Latin
- breviceps Latin
- brevicollis Latin
- breviflorus Latin
- brevifolius Latin
- breviloquens Latin
- breviloquium Latin
- brevio Latin
- brevipalpus Latin
- brevipennis Latin
- brevirictus Latin
- brevirostris Latin
- brevis Latin
- brevisetus Latin
- brevitarsis Latin
- brevitas Latin
- breviter Latin
- brevitertius Latin
- brevithorax Latin
- perbrevis Latin
- tribrevis Latin
- breve Italian
- aanbevelingsbrief Dutch, Flemish
- aanbiedingsbrief Dutch, Flemish
- adelbrief Dutch, Flemish
- antraxbrief Dutch, Flemish
- bombrief Dutch, Flemish
- brandbrief Dutch, Flemish
- breve Dutch, Flemish
- brief Dutch, Flemish
- briefkaart Dutch, Flemish
- briefloon Dutch, Flemish
- briefomslag Dutch, Flemish
- briefopener Dutch, Flemish
- briefroman Dutch, Flemish
- brievenbus Dutch, Flemish
- dreigbrief Dutch, Flemish
- kaperbrief Dutch, Flemish
- kapersbrief Dutch, Flemish
- kettingbrief Dutch, Flemish
- kogelbrief Dutch, Flemish
- liefdesbrief Dutch, Flemish
- miltvuurbrief Dutch, Flemish
- minnebrief Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsbrief Dutch, Flemish
- poederbrief Dutch, Flemish
- privébrief Dutch, Flemish
- zelfmoordbrief Dutch, Flemish
- zendbrief Dutch, Flemish
- breve Spanish, Castilian
- *mréǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- breve Portuguese
- brevet Middle English
- bréf Old Norse
- bref Old French
- brief Old French
- brieve Old French
- brief Middle Dutch
- briaf Old High German
- breib Old Irish
- -s- Afrikaans
- briefkaart Afrikaans
- kaart Afrikaans
- liefde Afrikaans
- liefdesbrief Afrikaans
- *breɣʷis Proto-Italic