brevet

See also: Brevet

English

Etymology

Inherited from the Middle English brevet (“official letter”), from the Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref (“letter”), from the Latin brevis (“short”), whence brief.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹəˈvɛt/, /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (General American) -ɛt, -ɛvɪt

Noun

brevet (plural brevets)

1. A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
2. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.
   1. (by extension) An authoritative grant or mark of recognition; a seal of approval.
      • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 7, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

        Delightful inducements to embark, fine chance for promotion, it seems—aye, a stove boat will make me an immortal by brevet.

      • 1873, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Charles Dudley Warner, chapter XXI, in The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, published 1874, →OCLC, page 196:

        They came over to Massachusetts Bay in another vessel, and thus escaped the onus of that brevet nobility under which the successors of the Mayflower Pilgrims had descended.

3. An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.

Derived terms

• brevetcy

 

Translations

military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily

warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity

authoritative seal of approval

organized, long-distance, endurance bicycle ride

Verb

brevet (third-person singular simple present brevets, present participle breveting or brevetting, simple past and past participle breveted or brevetted)

1. (military) To promote by brevet.

Translations

promote by brevet

Further reading

• brevet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

brevet n

1. definite singular of brev

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch brevete, from Middle French brevet. The sense “papal brief” comes from Latin brevetum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brəˈvɛt/, /brəˈveː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bre‧vet
• Rhymes: -ɛt, -eː

Noun

brevet n (plural brevetten or brevets)

1. a formal document, such as a certificate or licence
2. a permit or licence allowing one to use certain vehicles or engage in certain activities, now especially in relation to aicraft, diving, swimming (in Belgium) and sometimes mopeds

   Synonym: bewijs

3. a papal brief

Derived terms

• duikbrevet
• vliegbrevet
• zwembrevet

Descendants

• → Indonesian: brevet

French

Etymology

From brève +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁə.vɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

brevet m (plural brevets)

1. (law) a patent
2. a teaching license or certificate

Related terms

• breveter

Descendants

• Portuguese: brevê, brevete

Further reading

• “brevet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch brevet, from Middle Dutch brevete, from Middle French brevet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɛvɛt]
• Hyphenation: brè‧vèt

Noun

brèvèt (plural brevet-brevet)

1. A formal document, such as a certificate or licence.
2. A permit or licence allowing one to use certain vehicles or engage in certain activities, now especially in relation to aircraft.

Synonyms

• akta
• ijazah
• surat izin

 

Further reading

• “brevet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

brevet n

1. definite singular of brev

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

brevet n

1. definite singular of brev

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brevet.

Noun

brevet n (plural brevete)

1. patent
2. warrant

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	brevet	brevetul		brevete	brevetele
genitive-dative	brevet	brevetului		brevete	brevetelor
vocative	brevetule			brevetelor

Swedish

Noun

brevet

1. definite singular of brev

Anagrams

• verbet