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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːf/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈbɹwɪi̯f]
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• US: /ˈbɹif/
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• Scotland: /ˈbɾif/
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• Wales: /ˈbɾiːf/
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• rhymes with -iːf
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• CMU ARPABET: B R IY1 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mreǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *mréǵhusder. Proto-Italic *breɣwis Latin brevisder. Old French briefbor. Old French brievebor. Middle English bref English brief From Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵhus (“short, brief”). Doublet of breve and merry.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَجِيز (wajīz) — of short duration
• Arabic: قَصِير (qaṣīr) — of short duration
• Armenian: կարճ (karč) — of short duration
• Belarusian: каро́ткі (karótki) — of short duration
• Bengali: মুখতসর (mukhtosor) — of short duration
• Bulgarian: къс (kǎs) — of short duration
• Bulgarian: кратък (kratǎk) — of short duration
• Catalan: breu — of short duration
• Czech: stručný — of short duration
• Czech: krátký — of short duration
• Czech: zhuštěný — of short duration
• Czech: strohý — of short duration
• Danish: kort — of short duration
• Dutch: kort — of short duration
• Dutch: kortstondig — of short duration
• Esperanto: mallonga — of short duration
• Estonian: lühike — of short duration
• Estonian: põgus — of short duration
• Finnish: lyhyt — of short duration
• Finnish: lyhytaikainen — of short duration
• French: bref — of short duration
• French: court — of short duration
• Galician: breve — of short duration
• German: kurz — of short duration
• Greek: σύντομος (sýntomos) — of short duration
• Greek: βραχύς (vrachýs) — of short duration
• Ancient Greek: ὀλιγοχρόνιος (oligokhrónios) — of short duration
• Hungarian: rövid — of short duration
• Italian: breve — of short duration
• Japanese: 短い (mijikai) — of short duration
• Javanese: cekak — of short duration
• Latin: brevis — of short duration
• Macedonian: краток (kratok) — of short duration
• Macedonian: кус (kus) — of short duration
• Māori: rangitahi — of short duration
• Norwegian Bokmål: kortvarig — of short duration
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kortvarig — of short duration
• Polish: krótki — of short duration
• Portuguese: breve — of short duration
• Romanian: scurt — of short duration
• Russian: кра́ткий (krátkij) — of short duration
• Russian: коро́ткий (korótkij) — of short duration
• Spanish: breve — of short duration
• Spanish: corto — of short duration
• Swedish: kort — of short duration
• Ukrainian: коро́ткий (korótkyj) — of short duration
• Urdu: مُخْتَصَر (muxtasar) — of short duration
• Arabic: وَجِيز (wajīz) — concise
• Arabic: مُوجَز (mūjaz) — concise
• Armenian: համառոտ (hamaṙot) — concise
• Armenian: սեղմ (seġm) — concise
• Bengali: মুখতসর (mukhtosor) — concise
• Bulgarian: сбит (sbit) — concise
• Catalan: concís — concise
• Danish: kortfattet — concise
• Dutch: kort — concise
• Dutch: bondig — concise
• Dutch: samengevat — concise
• Finnish: lyhytsanainen — concise
• Finnish: ytimekäs — concise
• German: prägnant — concise
• Greek: συνοπτικός (synoptikós) — concise
• Greek: περιληπτικός (periliptikós) — concise
• Hungarian: tömör — concise
• Irish: achomair — concise
• Italian: breve — concise
• Javanese: cekak — concise
• Macedonian: краток (kratok) — concise
• Macedonian: содржаен (sodržaen) — concise
• Māori: poto — concise
• Māori: popoto — concise
• Polish: zwięzły — concise
• Portuguese: breve — concise
• Russian: кра́ткий (krátkij) — concise
• Russian: сжа́тый (sžátyj) — concise
• Spanish: conciso — concise
• Spanish: sucinto — concise
• Spanish: escueto — concise
• Turkish: veciz — concise
• Ottoman Turkish: وجیز (veciz) — concise
• Ukrainian: коро́ткий (korótkyj) — concise
• Urdu: مُخْتَصَر (muxtasar) — concise
• Welsh: byr — concise
• Hungarian: ügyvédi megbízás — a writ summoning one to answer to any action
• Hungarian: ügyvédi megbízatás — a writ summoning one to answer to any action
• Hungarian: ügyvédi meghatalmazás — a writ summoning one to answer to any action
• German: Breve — papal letter
• Bulgarian: резюме (rezjume) — a short news story or report
• Finnish: muistio — a short news story or report
• Galician: resume — a short news story or report
• German: kurze Zusammenfassung — a short news story or report
• Greek: ενημέρωση (enimérosi) — a short news story or report
• Italian: breve — a short news story or report
• Māori: pitopito kōrero — a short news story or report
• Russian: резюме́ (rezjumé) — a short news story or report
• Spanish: resumen — a short news story or report
• Ukrainian: резюме́ (rezjumé) — a short news story or report
• Bulgarian: резюмирам (rezjumiram) — to summarize
• Dutch: briefen — to summarize
• Finnish: perehdyttää — to summarize
• German: briefen — to summarize
• German: instruieren — to summarize
• German: einweisen — to summarize
• German: informieren — to summarize
• German: (zusammenfassend) unterrichten — to summarize
• Greek: συνοψίζω (synopsízo) — to summarize
• Greek: ενημερώνω (enimeróno) — to summarize
• Greek: αναφέρω (anaféro) — to summarize
• Māori: whakarāpopoto — to summarize
• Portuguese: resumir — to summarize
• Portuguese: brifar — to summarize
• Russian: резюми́ровать (rezjumírovatʹ) — to summarize
• Spanish: poner al tanto — to summarize