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How to pronounce “breve”
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Pronunciation guide for breve
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of breve with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Rodrigo Oliveira
Muito em breve para celebrar a saúde.
- Definition summary
- (orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
Example 1 of 3
How to pronounce breve
Rodrigo Oliveira

Muito em breve para celebrar a saúde.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “breve”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
- (music) A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve.
- (law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
- (zoology) A pitta, all of which have more or less short tails.
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