"brief" meaning in Afrikaans

See brief in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /brif/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Anon1314-brief.wav Forms: briewe [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch brief, from Middle Dutch brief, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Latin brevis. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|brief}} Dutch brief, {{inh|af|dum|brief}} Middle Dutch brief, {{inh|af|odt}} Old Dutch [Term?], {{der|af|la|brevis}} Latin brevis Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|briewe|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} brief (plural briewe), {{af-noun|briewe}} brief (plural briewe)
  1. letter (written message)
    Sense id: en-brief-af-noun-JbLk0dW0 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 6 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 11 11 0 1 3 0 0 7 1 4 1 6 1 1 7 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 14 12 9 0

Inflected forms

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