Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brevier

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bre-vi-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.

Dated; Uncountable

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.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: -, *brevier, breviārium

Usage

Phrases

two-line brevier

Frequently Paired Words

breviary

Synonyms

small text petit

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does brevier mean?: The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.
Where does brevier come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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