brevis
Latin
adj
Definitions
- (of distance) short, small, little, narrow
- (of time) brief, short
- (of height or depth) short, low, shallow
- (phonology, of a syllable) short
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (short, brief).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mréǵʰus
Gloss
short, brief
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brachy- English
- brachytherapy English
- brevet English
- brevi- English
- brevipennate English
- merrily English
- merriment English
- merriness English
- merry English
- merrymaker English
- merrymaking English
- merrymeeting English
- merrythought English
- mirth English
- overmerry English
- unmerry English
- brachiologia Latin
- brachypterus Latin
- brachyrhynchos Latin
- brachyrhynchus Latin
- breve Latin
- breve scriptum Latin
- brevem Latin
- 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
- brevisetus Latin
- brevitarsis Latin
- brevitas Latin
- breviter Latin
- brevitertius Latin
- brevithorax Latin
- brūma Latin
- cauda Latin
- collum Latin
- flōs Latin
- folium Latin
- loquor Latin
- loquēns Latin
- palpus Latin
- penna Latin
- perbrevis Latin
- perbreviter Latin
- rictus Latin
- rostrum Latin
- sēta Latin
- tarsus Latin
- tertius Latin
- thōrāx Latin
- tribrevis Latin
- breve Italian
- brevemente Italian
- brevità Italian
- semibreve Italian
- breve Dutch, Flemish
- brief Dutch, Flemish
- борзо́й Russian
- breve Spanish, Castilian
- brevemente Spanish, Castilian
- βραχίων Ancient Greek
- βραχύς Ancient Greek
- ῥύγχος Ancient Greek
- *mreĝhu Proto-Indo-European
- *mreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mréǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- brev Norwegian Bokmål
- breve Portuguese
- brevemente Portuguese
- *murgijaz Proto-Germanic
- *murguz Proto-Germanic
- brev Swedish
- brev Norwegian Nynorsk
- breef Middle English
- bref Middle English
- breve Middle English
- brevet Middle English
- mery Middle English
- bréf Old Norse
- dibreve Old Norse
- bref Old French
- brief Old French
- briefment Old French
- briement Old French
- brieve Old French
- bréf Icelandic
- βραχυ- Greek (modern)
- brief Middle Dutch
- briaf Old High German
- breib Old Irish
- breviere Middle High German
- brief Middle High German
- Bréif Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- murriz Albanian
- brefvet Middle French
- brief Middle French
- *breɣʷis Proto-Italic
- sēta
- flōs
- cauda
- brūma
- breve
- penna
- thōrāx
- brevio
- rictus
- collum
- folium
- tarsus
- loquor
- palpus
- brevem
- loquēns
- rostrum
- tertius
- brevitas
- breviter
- perbrevis
- tribrevis
- breviceps
- breviarium
- brevisetus
- brevicaudus
- brevipalpus
- brevirictus
- brevitarsis
- brevicollis
- brevipennis
- perbreviter
- brevithorax
- breviflorus
- brevifolius
- brevitertius
- breviloquens
- breviloquium
- brevirostris
- brachypterus
- brachiologia
- brachyrhynchos
- breve scriptum
- brachyrhynchus