breve
Portuguese
/ˈbɾɛ.vi/, /ˈbɾɛ.vɨ/
adj
Definitions
- brief, short
- summarized
- minute (very small)
Etymology
Derived from Latin brevis (short, small, brief, little, of small extent, narrow, shallow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (short, brief).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mréǵʰus
Gloss
short, brief
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
- brūma Latin
- perbrevis Latin
- tribrevis Latin
- breve Italian
- breve Dutch, Flemish
- борзо́й Russian
- breve Spanish, Castilian
- βραχίων Ancient Greek
- βραχύς Ancient Greek
- *mreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mréǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- brevemente Portuguese
- *murgijaz Proto-Germanic
- *murguz Proto-Germanic
- 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
- *breɣʷis Proto-Italic