breve
nounEtymology Borrowed from Italian breve.
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An equal mix of espresso and half and half cream.
breve
noun/bɹiːv/ · /bɹɛv/
Etymology From Middle English breve, variant of bref, from Old French brieve, breve (feminine form of brief, bref), from Latin brevis (“short”).
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Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Orthography, Printing, Publishing, Writing A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve.
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Law Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
- But what, are you puzzling in your pockets to seek your only memorial among old play bills, letters requesting a meeting of the Faculty, rules of the Speculative Society, syllabus' of lectures—all the miscellaneous contents of a young lawyer's pocket, which contains every thing but brieves and bank-notes?1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], “I. Being Introductory.”, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 45:
- Derived terms
- alla breve, breve rest, espresso breve, i-breve, inverted breve, semibreve