brevet

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

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

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

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.

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.

• brevet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

brevet n

1. definite singular of brev

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

• IPA^(key): /brəˈvɛt/, /brəˈveː/

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

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.

• duikbrevet
• vliegbrevet
• zwembrevet

• → Indonesian: brevet

From brève +‎ -et.

• IPA^(key): /bʁə.vɛ/

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brevet m (plural brevets)

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

• breveter

• Portuguese: brevê, brevete

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

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

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

brèvèt (first-person possessive brevetku, second-person possessive brevetmu, third-person possessive brevetnya)

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.

• “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.

brevet n

1. definite singular of brev

brevet n

1. definite singular of brev

Borrowed from French brevet.

brevet n (plural brevete)

1. patent
2. warrant

brevet

1. definite singular of brev

• verbet