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. 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.[1]

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

brevier (uncountable)

(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

Translations

Dutch: petit (nl), brevier (nl), galjard
French: gaillarde (fr), petit-texte
German: Petit, Jungfer (de), Jungfrawschrift

Italian: testino (it)
Spanish: gallarda

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "brevier, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.

Dutch

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Noun

brevier n (plural brevieren, diminutive breviertje n)

breviary

Latin

Verb

brevier

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of breviō

[1] Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "brevier, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.