# brev
## English
### Noun

brev (plural brevs)
* Alternative form of bruv

### Anagrams

* verb

## Cornish
### Noun

brev
* Soft mutation of prev.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish bref, borrowed via Old Saxon brēf from Latin breve (scrīptum) (“short writing”). Compare also (late) Old Norse bréf, Norwegian, Swedish brev, Dutch brief, German Brief.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /breːˀv/, [ˈb̥ʁæwˀ]

### Noun

brev n (singular definite brevet, plural indefinite breve)
* letter (written message)
* note
* epistle

#### Derived terms

* A-brev n
* adelsbrev n
* afladsbrev n
* B-brev n
* bilbrev n
* borgerbrev n
* brevbombe c
* brevbærer c
* brevdue c
* brevhemmelighed c
* brevhoved n
* brevkasse c
* brevkasseredaktør c
* brevkort n
* brevlig
* brevordner c
* brevpapir n
* brevpresser c
* brevsamler c
* brevsamling c
* brevsamlingssted n
* brevskole c
* brevskriver c
* brevsprække c
* brevstemme c
* brevstemme
* brevveksle
* brevveksling c
* brevvægt c
* brevåbner c
* e-brev n
* ejerpantebrev n
* ekspresbrev n
* fragtbrev n
* følgebrev n
* gavebrev n
* gækkebrev n
* gældsbrev n
* hyrdebrev n
* kongebrev n
* kædebrev n
* kærestebrev n
* lydbrev n
* lærebrev n
* læserbrev n
* målebrev n
* nyhedsbrev n
* næringsbrev n
* pantebrev n
* poste restante-brev n
* rykkerbrev n
* skadesløsbrev n
* skægpantebrev n
* stikbrev n
* svarbrev n
* svendebrev n
* sælgerpantebrev n
* takkebrev n
* tebrev n
* værdibrev n
* økonomibrev n

#### Further reading

* “brev” in Den Danske Ordbog
* brev on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse bréf, from Latin breve scriptum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /breːʋ/
* Rhymes: -eːʋ

### Noun

brev n (definite singular brevet, indefinite plural brev or brever, definite plural breva or brevene)
* a letter (written note)

#### Derived terms

* brevveksle
* nyhetsbrev
* tiggerbrev

### References

* “brev” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse bréf, from Latin breve scriptum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /breːʋ/
* Rhymes: -eːʋ

### Noun

brev n (definite singular brevet, indefinite plural brev, definite plural breva)
* a letter (written note)

#### Derived terms

* brevveksle

### References

* “brev” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* breav (Sutsilvan)

### Noun

brev f (plural brevs)
* letter (written message)

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* bref (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Norse bréf, from Latin breve (“breve scriptum”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /breːv/

### Noun

brev n
* a letter (written communication)
    Jag skickade / postade ett brev till NisseI sent / mailed Nisse a letter
    posta ett brevput a letter in the mail
* (formal) a letter or parcel within certain size and weight
* (mostly in compound words) a legal document
* (Internet slang, 4chan) a post (on an internet forum)
    Synonyms: inlägg, kommentar

#### Usage notes

Common on the /int/ - International board on 4chan in (sense 4).

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | brev | brevs |
| singular | definite | brevet | brevets |
| plural | indefinite | brev | brevs |
| plural | definite | breven | brevens |

#### Derived terms

(letter (written communication)): tiggarbrev (“begging letter”), tranbrev
(legal document): burbrev, gåvobrev, köpebrev, pantbrev, skuldebrev
(post): breva, brevare

#### See also

* post
* posta

### References

* brev in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* brev in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* brev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* verb