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What is the noun for breves?

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breve
  1. (orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
  2. (music) A double whole note.
  3. (law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
  4. The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas, which has a very short tail.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The authority of the English crown in Ireland rested ultimately on the grant of the lordship in the alleged breve Laudibiliter.”
      “The vowel letters that are used in conjunction with the breve symbol are replaced by compound vowel letters.”
      “Accent caron, which should be used in pinyin instead of accent breve is not always supported.”
breves
  1. plural of breve
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This consists simply of four notes written out on a single stave in breves.”
      “The plagal Cadence at the end of the piece has been transcribed as breves instead of semibreves for authenticity.”
      “Instead, it pits a high triplum against a slower tenor moving in breves and semibreves, with an active contratenor in the same range.”
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