brevet
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from the Middle English brevet (“official letter”), from the Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref (“letter”), from the Latin brevis (“short”), whence brief.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /bɹəˈvɛt/, /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: (General American) -ɛt, -ɛvɪt
Noun
[edit]brevet (plural brevets)
- A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
- A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.
- (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.
- (by extension) An authoritative grant or mark of recognition; a seal of approval.
- 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
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[edit]Verb
[edit]brevet (third-person singular simple present brevets, present participle breveting or brevetting, simple past and past participle breveted or brevetted)
- (military) To promote by brevet.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]brevet n
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch brevete, from Middle French brevet. The sense “papal brief” comes from Latin brevetum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brevet n (plural brevetten or brevets)
- A formal document, such as a certificate or licence.
- 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
- A papal brief.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: brevet
French
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[edit]Noun
[edit]brevet m (plural brevets)
- (law) a patent
- a teaching license or certificate
Related terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “brevet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Dutch brevet, from Middle Dutch brevete, from Middle French brevet.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brèvèt (first-person possessive brevetku, second-person possessive brevetmu, third-person possessive brevetnya)
- A formal document, such as a certificate or licence.
- A permit or licence allowing one to use certain vehicles or engage in certain activities, now especially in relation to aircraft.
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
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[edit]Noun
[edit]brevet n
Norwegian Nynorsk
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[edit]brevet n
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]brevet n (plural brevete)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) brevet | brevetul | (niște) brevete | brevetele |
genitive/dative | (unui) brevet | brevetului | (unor) brevete | brevetelor |
vocative | brevetule | brevetelor |
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]brevet
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- Rhymes:English/ɛt
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛt
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