Breve

Not to be confused with Brevet. For the inverted symbol, see Inverted breve. For other uses, see Breve (disambiguation).

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Breve
U+0306 ◌̆ COMBINING BREVE U+032E ◌̮ COMBINING BREVE BELOW U+1DCB ◌᷋ COMBINING BREVE-MACRON

Some typefaces differentiate Cyrillic style (top) and Latin style breve (bottom)

A breve (/ˈbriːv/ ^ⓘ BREEV, less often /ˈbrɛv/ ^ⓘ BREV, neuter form of the Latin brevis "short, brief") is the diacritic mark ◌̆, shaped like the bottom half of a circle. As used in Ancient Greek, it is also called brachy, βραχύ. It resembles the caron (◌̌) but is rounded, in contrast to the angular tip of the caron. In many forms of Latin, ◌̆ is used for a shorter, softer variant of a vowel, such as "Ĭ", where the sound is nearly identical to the English /ɪ/. (See: Latin IPA)

Breve vs. caron

Breve	Ă ă Ĕ ĕ Ğ ğ Ĭ ĭ Ŏ ŏ Ŭ ŭ Y̆ y̆
Caron	Ǎ ǎ Ě ě Ǧ ǧ Ǐ ǐ Ǒ ǒ Ǔ ǔ Y̌ y̌