breve
(noun) a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
Source: WordNet® 3.1
breve (plural breves)
(orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
Synonym: micron
Antonym: macron
(music) A double whole note.
(legal) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
(zoology) The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.
• Bever, bever
Source: Wiktionary
Breve, n. Etym: [It. & (in sense 2) LL. breve, fr. L. brevis short. See Brief.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: Moore.
2. (Law)
Definition: Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
3. (Print.)
Definition: A curved mark [˘] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
