brevity

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛvɪti/
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• UK: /ˈbɹɛvəti/
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• Canada, US: /ˈbɹɛvəti/
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• Canada, US: [ˈbɹɛvəɾi]
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• Canada, US: [ˈbɹɛvɾi]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈbɹevəti/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈbɹevəɾi]
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• CMU ARPABET: B R EH1 V AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in English in 1509; either: * Borrowed directly from Latin brevitās; or * from Anglo-Norman brevité, from Old French brieveté, from Latin brevitātem, accusative of brevitās, from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, brief + -ity.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кракост (krakost) — the quality of being brief in duration
• Bulgarian: краткотрайност (kratkotrajnost) — the quality of being brief in duration
• Catalan: brevetat — the quality of being brief in duration
• Czech: krátkost — the quality of being brief in duration
• Finnish: lyhytaikaisuus — the quality of being brief in duration
• Finnish: lyhytkestoisuus — the quality of being brief in duration
• French: concision — the quality of being brief in duration
• French: brièveté — the quality of being brief in duration
• Galician: brevidade — the quality of being brief in duration
• German: Kürze — the quality of being brief in duration
• Greek: βραχύτητα (vrachýtita) — the quality of being brief in duration
• Ancient Greek: βραχύτης (brakhútēs) — the quality of being brief in duration
• Irish: gairide — the quality of being brief in duration
• Irish: giorracht — the quality of being brief in duration
• Italian: brevità — the quality of being brief in duration
• Latin: brevitās — the quality of being brief in duration
• Norwegian Bokmål: korthet — the quality of being brief in duration
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stuttleik — the quality of being brief in duration
• Occitan: brevitat — the quality of being brief in duration
• Persian: ایجاز (ijâz) — the quality of being brief in duration
• Portuguese: brevidade — the quality of being brief in duration
• Russian: кра́ткость (krátkostʹ) — the quality of being brief in duration
• Spanish: brevedad — the quality of being brief in duration
• Swedish: korthet — the quality of being brief in duration
• Tagalog: kaigsian — the quality of being brief in duration
• Turkish: kısalık — the quality of being brief in duration
• Unami: tàkweokàn — the quality of being brief in duration
• Bulgarian: сбитост (sbitost) — succinctness; conciseness
• Czech: stručnost — succinctness; conciseness
• Finnish: ytimekkyys — succinctness; conciseness
• Finnish: lyhytsanaisuus — succinctness; conciseness
• French: concision — succinctness; conciseness
• French: laconisme — succinctness; conciseness
• German: Bündigkeit — succinctness; conciseness
• German: Knappheit — succinctness; conciseness
• Irish: achomaireacht — succinctness; conciseness
• Irish: coimre — succinctness; conciseness
• Italian: brevità — succinctness; conciseness
• Latin: brevitās — succinctness; conciseness
• Russian: кра́ткость (krátkostʹ) — succinctness; conciseness
• Russian: лакони́чность (lakoníčnostʹ) — succinctness; conciseness
• Spanish: concisión — succinctness; conciseness
• Turkish: özlülük — succinctness; conciseness
• Ukrainian: сти́слість (stýslistʹ) — succinctness; conciseness