breve

Noun

A diacritical mark (˘) indicating a short vowel in some languages, or a short or unstressed syllable in prosody.

ریشه

From Latin 'brevis', meaning 'short'.

مثال

• The word 'cǎi' in Mandarin Chinese uses a breve over the 'a' to indicate tone.
• In music, a breve is a note equal to two semibreves or whole notes.
• The breve is used in phonetic transcription to indicate a short vowel sound.

ترکیب‌های رایج

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