Breve

//bɹiːv//

Synonyms for "breve" (18 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

accidental crotchet dominant double whole note

Strong matches (5)

flat mark minim natural

Noun(1 words)

micron

Related words (9)

note quarter note quaver report sharp spiccato staccato tone triplet

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

diacritic diacritical mark

Synonyms

1 entries

double whole note

Related terms

6 entries

brachy brevity brief half note longa whole note

derived

6 entries

alla breve breve rest espresso breve i-breve inverted breve semibreve

has context

4 entries

legal music orthography printing

is a

2 entries

coffee diacritical mark

related to

9 entries

diacritical double whole note half note longa precept seal semicircular whole note writ

Translations

51 translations across 25 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

βραχεῖα noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

Basque

1 entries

karratu noun (double whole note)

Catalan

3 entries

breu noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
breu noun (double whole note)
quadrada noun (double whole note)

Czech

1 entries

brevis noun (double whole note)

Dutch

2 entries

breve noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
brevis noun (double whole note)

Esperanto

2 entries

hoketo noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
lunarko noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

Estonian

1 entries

brevis noun (double whole note)

Finnish

3 entries

breve noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
brevis noun (double whole note)
lyhyysmerkki noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

French

1 entries

carrée noun (double whole note)

Galician

1 entries

cadrada noun (double whole note)

German

4 entries

Breve noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
Brevis noun (double whole note)
Doppelganze noun (double whole note)
Doppelganzenote noun (double whole note)

Greek

1 entries

βραχεία noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

Hungarian

4 entries

breve noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
brevis noun (double whole note)
csónak noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
félkör noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

Icelandic

1 entries

skál noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

Irish

1 entries

lán-nóta dúbailte noun (double whole note)

Italian

1 entries

breve noun (double whole note)

Japanese

1 entries

短音記号 noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

Latin

1 entries

signum correptionis noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

Malay

4 entries

bref noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
bref noun (double whole note)
brif noun (double whole note)
tanda singkat noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

Māori

1 entries

orowaru noun (double whole note)

Portuguese

1 entries

braquia noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

Russian

3 entries

бре́ве noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
бре́вис noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
кра́тка noun (semicircular diacritical mark)

Spanish

2 entries

acento breve noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
cuadrada noun (double whole note)

Swedish

1 entries

brevisnot noun (double whole note)

Vietnamese

4 entries

dấu mũ ngược noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
dấu trăng noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
dấu á noun (semicircular diacritical mark)
nốt tròn đôi noun (double whole note)

Sample sentences

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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?

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