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Definition of breve in English: brevenoun briːvbrev 1Music
A note, rarely used in modern music, having the time value of two semibreves, and represented as a semibreve with two short bars either side, or as a square. Example sentencesExamples - The relationship between the semibreve and the minim is exactly the same as that accorded to the breve and semibreve.
- The other 3 pieces are textless and mainly in long-breve notation.
- This consists simply of four notes written out on a single stave in breves.
- Semi means half, and although rare and rather ancient, the British system includes the breve in its logic.
2A written or printed mark (˘) indicating a short or unstressed vowel. Example sentencesExamples - The vowel letters that are used in conjunction with the breve symbol are replaced by compound vowel letters.
- Accent caron, which should be used in pinyin instead of accent breve is not always supported.
- Other explanations of English verse use more convenient typography as substitutes for the acute accent and breve.
3historical An authoritative letter from a pope or monarch. Example sentencesExamples - The papal breve is presented to the king, who must choose the day and place for the presentation ceremony.
- The authority of the English crown in Ireland rested ultimately on the grant of the lordship in the alleged breve Laudibiliter.
- In these cases the title of breve might be accompanied or replaced by that of notitia, or memoratorium.
- The Jesuits took care to notify the general disregard for the papal breve.
Origin Middle English: variant of brief. In the musical sense, the term was originally used in a series where a long was of greater time value than a breve. brief from Middle English: Briefs or underpants, which were first worn in the 1930s, are literally ‘shorts’. Brief comes from the Latin word brevis, meaning ‘short’, a root shared by abbreviate (Late Middle English) and the musical note breve (Late Middle English), which used to mean a short note.
Rhymes achieve, believe, cleave, conceive, deceive, eve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, khedive, leave, misconceive, naive, Neve, peeve, perceive, reave, receive, reive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sheave, sleeve, steeve, Steve, Tananarive, Tel Aviv, thieve, underachieve, upheave, weave, we've, Yves Definition of breve in US English: brevenounbrev 1Music
A musical note having the time value of two semibreves or whole notes. Example sentencesExamples - The relationship between the semibreve and the minim is exactly the same as that accorded to the breve and semibreve.
- This consists simply of four notes written out on a single stave in breves.
- The other 3 pieces are textless and mainly in long-breve notation.
- Semi means half, and although rare and rather ancient, the British system includes the breve in its logic.
2A written or printed mark (˘) indicating a short or unstressed vowel. Example sentencesExamples - Accent caron, which should be used in pinyin instead of accent breve is not always supported.
- Other explanations of English verse use more convenient typography as substitutes for the acute accent and breve.
- The vowel letters that are used in conjunction with the breve symbol are replaced by compound vowel letters.
3historical An authoritative letter from a pope or monarch. Example sentencesExamples - The authority of the English crown in Ireland rested ultimately on the grant of the lordship in the alleged breve Laudibiliter.
- The papal breve is presented to the king, who must choose the day and place for the presentation ceremony.
- In these cases the title of breve might be accompanied or replaced by that of notitia, or memoratorium.
- The Jesuits took care to notify the general disregard for the papal breve.
Origin Middle English: variant of brief. In the musical sense, the term was originally used in a series where a long was of greater time value than a breve. |