brièveté

French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin brevitātem. By surface analysis, bref +‎ -té. Compare Old French brieté, the inherited form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʁi.jɛv.te/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

brièveté f (plural brièvetés)

brevity (quality of being brief)

Further reading

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

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