different between endurance vs brevet

English

Alternative forms

• enduraunce, indurance, induraunce (all obsolete)

Etymology

[Late 15th Century] From Middle French endurance, from Old French endurance.

Morphologically endure +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dj????ns/, /?n?dj????ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d???ns/, /?n?d??ns/
• Hyphenation: en?du?rance

Noun

endurance (countable and uncountable, plural endurances)

1. The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.

2. Ability to endure hardship.
3. (nautical) The length of time that a ship's rations will supply

Synonyms

• thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)

Translations

French

Etymology

endurer +? -ance

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

endurance f (plural endurances)

1. endurance, stamina

Further reading

• “endurance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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^(key): /b???v?t/, /?b??v.?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??v.?t/

Noun

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.
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations: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.

Translations

Verb

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.

Translations

Further reading

• brevet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

brevet n

1. definite singular of brev

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br??v?t/, /br??ve?/
• Hyphenation: bre?vet
• Rhymes: -?t, -e?

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• duikbrevet
• vliegbrevet
• zwembrevet

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: brevet

French

Etymology

From brève +? -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.v?/

Noun

brevet m (plural brevets)

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

Related terms

• breveter

Further reading

• “brevet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?br?v?t]
• Hyphenation: brè?vèt

Noun

brevet or brèvèt

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.

Synonyms

Further reading

• “brevet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Noun

brevet n

1. definite singular of brev

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

brevet n

1. definite singular of brev

Romanian

Etymology

From French brevet

Noun

brevet n (plural brevete)

1. patent
2. warrant

Declension

Swedish

Noun

brevet

1. definite singular of brev

Anagrams

• verbet