brièveté

== French == === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin brevitātem. By surface analysis, bref +‎ -té. Compare Old French brieté, the inherited form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁi.jɛv.te/ === Noun === brièveté f (plural brièvetés) brevity (quality of being brief) === Further reading === “brièveté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012