breve

Definition of Breve in English :

1. breve

a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Breve

noun

1.

an accent, (˘), placed over a vowel to indicate that it is of short duration or is pronounced in a specified way

2. music

a note, now rarely used, equivalent in time value to two semibreves

3. Roman Catholic Church a less common word for brief (sense 7)

noun

1.

a mark ( ˘ ) placed over a short vowel or a short or unstressed syllable

2. Law

a judicial writ

3. Music

a note written 57378 or 57379 having the combined time value of two whole notes

n.

1. A symbol ( ˘ ) placed over a vowel to show that it has a short sound.

2. A curved mark used to indicate a short or unstressed syllable of verse.

3. Music A note equivalent to two whole notes.