different between route vs brevet

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, Ireland)
  • IPA^(key): /?u?t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t
• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): /?u?t/, /?a?t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t, -a?t
• (General Australian)
  • IPA^(key): /???t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t
• (Canada)
  • IPA^(key): /?ut/
  • Rhymes: -ut
• Homophones: root, rute (/?u?t/); rout (/?a?t/)

Etymology 1

From Middle English route, borrowed from Old French route, rote (“road, way, path”) (compare modern French route), from Latin (via) rupta (“(road) opened by force”), from rumpere viam "to open up a path". As a Chinese administrative division, a semantic loan from Chinese ? (lù).

Noun

route (plural routes)

1. A course or way which is traveled or passed.
2. A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.

3. A road or path; often specifically a highway.

4. (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
   • 2010, Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, ?ISBN, pages 156-7:

     If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route. […] Another route is to have a programmatic investment strategy […] . Rolex has taken this route […]

5. (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
6. (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.

Synonyms

• (Chinese administrative division): lu, circuit, province

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

route (third-person singular simple present routes, present participle routing or (UK) routeing, simple past and past participle routed)

1. (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.

   All incoming mail was routed through a single office.

2. (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
3. (computing, transitive) To send (information) through a router.

Derived terms

• reroute
• router

Translations

See also

• (Internet) bridge
• (Internet) LAN
• (Internet) WAN

Etymology 2

Verb

route

1. Eye dialect spelling of root.

Further reading

• route in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• route in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Toure, outer, outre, outré, rouet, utero-

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta (via).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru.t?/
• Hyphenation: rou?te
• Rhymes: -ut?

Noun

route f (plural routes or routen, diminutive routetje n)

1. route, course, way (particular pathway or direction one travels)
2. road, route

Derived terms

• fietsroute
• marsroute
• routebeschrijving
• route-informatie
• routekaart
• routeplanner
• routenavigatie
• vaarroute
• wandelroute

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: rute

French

Etymology

From Middle French route, from Old French route, rote, from Latin rupta via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ut/
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

route f (plural routes)

1. road (sometimes route like "Route 66")
2. route, way, path

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• outre, outré, troue, troué

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French, Old French route, rote, Anglo-French rute "troop, band"

Noun

route (plural routes)

1. route
2. a group of people
   1. band, company
      • '14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Miller's Prologue, 1-3

        Whan that the Knight hadde thus his tale ytold

        In all the route nas ther yong ne old

        That he ne saide it was a noble storye

   2. crowd, populace
   3. throng; gang, with connotation of illicit activity
3. the proper condition of something

Etymology 2

From Old English hrutan, "to make a noise; snore" Compare Old Norse or Middle Dutch ruten, ruyten, Old Swedish ruta. For senses 4 and 5 compare Old Icelandic hrjota "to burst, spring forth."

Verb

route

1. first-person singular present indicative of routen

Etymology 3

Converted from the noun route. Compare Old French aroter.

Verb

route

1. first-person singular present indicative of routen

Norman

Etymology

From Old French route, from Latin rupta (via).

Noun

route f (plural routes)

1. (Jersey) road
2. (Jersey, nautical, of a watercraft) course

Old French

Alternative forms

• rote
• route

Etymology

From Latin rupta (via).

Noun

route f (oblique plural routes, nominative singular route, nominative plural routes)

1. route (course or way which is traveled or passed)

Synonyms

• chemin
• curs
• voie

Descendants

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