Bréif
Luxemburgeois
/bʀei̯f/
noun
Definitions
- letter (written message)
Etymology
Derived from Old High German briaf derived from Latin brevis (short, small, brief, little, of small extent, narrow, shallow).
Origin
Latin
brevis
Gloss
short, small, brief, little, of small extent, narrow, shallow
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
- breve 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
- brevis Latin
- brevisetus Latin
- brevitarsis Latin
- brevitas Latin
- breviter Latin
- brevitertius Latin
- brevithorax Latin
- perbrevis Latin
- tribrevis Latin
- breve Italian
- breve Dutch, Flemish
- breve Spanish, Castilian
- *mréǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- breve Portuguese
- 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
- brief Middle High German
- Bréifkëscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Këscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *breɣʷis Proto-Italic