# 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: /bɹəˈvɛt/, /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: (General American) -ɛt, -ɛvɪt

### Noun

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.
* 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
### Verb

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.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* brevet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Danish
### Noun

brevet n
* definite singular of brev

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brəˈvɛt/, /brəˈveː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bre‧vet
* Rhymes: -ɛt, -eː

### Noun

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

* duikbrevet
* vliegbrevet
* zwembrevet

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: brevet

## French
### Etymology

From brève +‎ -et.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁə.vɛ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

brevet m (plural brevets)
* (law) a patent
* 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: [ˈbrɛvɛt]
* Hyphenation: brè‧vèt

### Noun

brèvèt (plural brevet-brevet)
* 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

* 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
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

brevet n
* definite singular of brev

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

brevet n
* definite singular of brev

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French brevet.

### Noun

brevet n (plural brevete)
* patent
* warrant

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

brevet
* definite singular of brev

### Anagrams

* verbet