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
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References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "brevier, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1888.
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
brevier n (plural brevieren, diminutive breviertje n)
- breviary
See also
- getijdenboek
Latin
Verb
brevier
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of breviō