brevier

See also: Brevier

English

Etymology

Probably from Old French or Anglo-Norman *brevier, from Latin breviārium (“breviary”), presumably from its use in printing them, hence a doublet of breviary and brimborion. Most breviaries were not, however, printed with such small type, leading some to conjecture that it instead derived from cognates of brief and has a meaning similar to French petit and German Petit.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

brevier (uncountable)

1. (typography, printing, dated) The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.

Synonyms

• (French contexts): small text
• (French and German contexts): petit

Derived terms

• two-line brevier

Related terms

• breviary

Translations

noun — see also galliard

• Dutch: petit (nl), brevier (nl) f, galjard
• Esperanto: petita
• French: gaillarde (fr), petit-texte (fr)
• German: Petit, Jungfer (de), Jungfrawschrift
• Italian: testino (it)
• Spanish: breviario (es) m

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brəˈviːr/

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• Hyphenation: bre‧vier
• Rhymes: -iːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brevier, ultimately from Latin breviārium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brevier n (plural brevieren, diminutive breviertje n)

1. (Christianity) breviary (liturgical book for use at canonical hours)

See also

• getijdenboek

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin breviārium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brevier f (plural brevieren, no diminutive)

1. (dated, typography) brevier

Latin

Verb

brevier

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of breviō