Etymology

Inherited from the Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BREVETCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BREVET brevet (“official letter”), from the Anglo-NormanCategory:English terms derived from Anglo-Norman#BREVET diminutive of bref (“letter”), from the LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#BREVET brevis (“short”), whence brief.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹəˈvɛt/, /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/Category:English 2-syllable words#BREVETCategory:English 2-syllable words#BREVETCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BREVET
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/Category:English 2-syllable words#BREVETCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BREVET

• Audio (US):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BREVET
• Rhymes: (General American) -ɛt, -ɛvɪtCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛt#BREVETCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛt/2 syllables#BREVETCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛvɪt#BREVETCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛvɪt/2 syllables#BREVET

Noun

brevet (plural brevets)Category:English lemmas#BREVETCategory:English nouns#BREVETCategory:English countable nouns#BREVETCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BREVETCategory:Pages with entries#BREVETCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BREVET

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.

        Category:English terms with quotations#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.

        Category:English terms with quotations#BREVET

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.

Verb

brevet (third-person singular simple present brevets, present participle brevetting or breveting, simple past and past participle brevetted or breveted)Category:English lemmas#BREVETCategory:English verbs#BREVETCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BREVETCategory:Pages with entries#BREVETCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BREVET

1. (militaryCategory:en:Military#BREVET) To promote by brevet.

Further reading

• brevet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

brevet nCategory:Danish non-lemma forms#BREVETCategory:Danish noun forms#BREVETCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#BREVETCategory:Pages with entries#BREVETCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BREVET

1. definite singular of brev

Etymology

From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BREVETCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#BREVET brevete, from Middle FrenchCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle French#BREVET brevet. The sense “papal brief” comes from LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#BREVET brevetum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brəˈvɛt/, /brəˈveː/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#BREVET

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#BREVET
• Hyphenation: bre‧vet
• Rhymes: -ɛt, -eːCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛt#BREVETCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛt/2 syllables#BREVETCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/eː#BREVET

Noun

brevet n (plural brevetten or brevets, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#BREVETCategory:Dutch nouns#BREVETCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BREVETCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#BREVETCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BREVETCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#BREVETCategory:Pages with entries#BREVETCategory:Pages with 9 entries#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, diving, swimming (in Belgium) and sometimes mopeds

   Synonym: bewijs

3. a papal brief

Etymology

From brève +‎ -etCategory:French terms suffixed with -et#BREVET.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁə.vɛ/Category:French 2-syllable words#BREVETCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#BREVET

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BREVET

Noun

brevet m (plural brevets)Category:French lemmas#BREVETCategory:French nouns#BREVETCategory:French countable nouns#BREVETCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BREVETCategory:French masculine nouns#BREVETCategory:Pages with entries#BREVETCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BREVET

1. (lawCategory:fr:Law#BREVET) a patent
2. a teaching license or certificate

Further reading

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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#BREVETCategory:Indonesian unadapted borrowings from Dutch#BREVETCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#BREVET brevet, from Middle DutchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Middle Dutch#BREVET brevete, from Middle FrenchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Middle French#BREVET brevet.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛvɛt/ [ˈbrɛ.fɛt̪̚]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#BREVETCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#BREVET
• Rhymes: -ɛvɛtCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ɛvɛt#BREVETCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ɛvɛt/2 syllables#BREVET
• Syllabification: bre‧vet

Noun

brèvèt (plural brevet-brevet)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BREVETCategory:Indonesian nouns#BREVETCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BREVETCategory:Pages with entries#BREVETCategory:Pages with 9 entries#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

Further reading

• “brevet”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Pronunciation

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Category:Requests for pronunciation in Norwegian Bokmål entries#BREVET

Noun

brevet nCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#BREVETCategory:Norwegian Bokmål noun forms#BREVETCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BREVETCategory:Pages with entries#BREVETCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BREVET

1. definite singular of brev

Noun

brevet nCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#BREVETCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms#BREVETCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#BREVETCategory:Pages with entries#BREVETCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BREVET

1. definite singular of brev

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#BREVETCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#BREVET brevet.

Noun

brevet n (plural brevete)Category:Romanian lemmas#BREVETCategory:Romanian nouns#BREVETCategory:Romanian countable nouns#BREVETCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#BREVETCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#BREVETCategory:Pages with entries#BREVETCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BREVET

1. patent
2. warrant

Noun

brevetCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#BREVETCategory:Swedish noun forms#BREVETCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BREVETCategory:Pages with entries#BREVETCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BREVET

1. definite singular of brev

Anagrams

• verbet