Breve (Noun)
Meaning
A diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The breve mark is used in phonetic transcriptions to indicate that a vowel is pronounced with a short sound.
- The word "pet" is transcribed with a breve over the "e" to show that the vowel sound is short.
- In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the breve symbol is used to indicate a short vowel sound in words like "bet" and "pet".
- The breve mark is often used in dictionaries to indicate the pronunciation of words with short vowel sounds.
- The word "pet" is written with a breve over the "e" in phonetic transcriptions to distinguish it from words with long vowel sounds like "petal".