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English

Noun

brev (plural brevs)

  1. Alternative form of bruv

Anagrams

Cornish

Noun

brev

  1. Soft mutation of prev.

Danish

brev

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

Noun

brev n (singular definite brevet, plural indefinite breve)

  1. letter (written message)
  2. note
  3. epistle

Declension

Declension of brev
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brev brevet breve brevene
genitive brevs brevets breves brevenes

Derived terms

Terms derived from "brev"

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Old Norse bréf, from Latin breve scriptum.

Pronunciation

Noun

brev n (definite singular brevet, indefinite plural brev or brever, definite plural breva or brevene)

  1. a letter (written note)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Old Norse bréf, from Latin breve scriptum.

Pronunciation

Noun

brev n (definite singular brevet, indefinite plural brev, definite plural breva)

  1. a letter (written note)

Derived terms

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

Noun

brev f (plural brevs)

  1. letter (written message)

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /breːv/

Noun

brev n

  1. letter; written note
  2. (formal) letter or parcel within certain size and weight
  3. (mostly in compound words) legal document

Declension

Declension of brev 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative brev brevet brev breven
Genitive brevs brevets brevs brevens

Derived terms

(letter; written note): tiggarbrev (“begging letter”), tranbrev

(legal document): burbrev, gåvobrev, köpebrev, pantbrev, skuldebrev

Further reading

Anagrams

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