bref

From Old French brief, from Latin brevis.

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛf/

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bref (feminine brève, masculine plural brefs, feminine plural brèves)

1. brief (of short duration)

   Il lui envoya un bref message de quelques lignes seulement.

bref

1. in short, in brief, briefly

   Je vous ai déjà dit que cela ne se peut, que cela ne doit pas être ; bref, je ne le veux pas.

• “bref”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• breef, breve, brefe, breefe

Borrowed from Old French brief, and its feminine form brieve, from Latin brevis, form Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. Doublet of mery.

• IPA^(key): /breːf/, /ˈbreːv(ə)/

bref (plural and weak singular breve)

1. concise (having a short word-count)
2. brief (short, ephemeral or quick)
3. (rare) diminutive, little
4. (rare) stupid

• brevely

• English: brief
• Scots: brief

• “brẹ̄f, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-09.

bref (plural brefes)

1. A message, especially one that gives approval or authorises.
2. brief (writ, summons)
3. A written text or part of one acting as a record.
4. (rare, music) breve (double whole note)

• English: brief, breve
• Scots: brief, brieve, breef, briefe

• “brẹ̄f, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-09.

From Latin brevis.

bref m (oblique plural bres, nominative singular bres, nominative plural bref)

1. Alternative form of brief

bref n

1. Obsolete spelling of brev