Brevet may refer to:

Military

Brevet (military) In military terminology, a brevet ( or ) is a warrant which gives commissioned officers a higher military rank as a reward without necessarily conferring the authority and privileges granted by that rank. The promotion would be noted in the ...

, higher rank that rewards merit or gallantry, but without higher pay *

Brevet d'état-major A ''brevet d'état-major'' ( French) or ''stafbrevet'' ( Dutch), both literally "general staff brevet", is a form of military distinction in France and Belgium which denotes that an officer has completed a course at a military academy. A recipi ...

, a military distinction in France and Belgium awarded to officers passing military staff college *

Aircrew brevet An aircrew flying badge (unofficially and incorrectly known as an aircrew brevet – which is actually French for a diploma or certificate) is the badge worn on the left breast, above any medal ribbons, by qualified aircrew in the Royal Air For ...

, or aircrew flying badge * Parachutist brevet, or parachutist badge *

Marine Corps Brevet Medal The Marine Corps Brevet Medal, also known as the Brevet Medal, was a Awards and decorations of the United States military, military decoration of the United States Marine Corps; it was created in 1921 as a result of Marine Corps Order Number 26. T ...

, a former military award in the U.S. Marines

Other uses

Brevet (cycling) Randonneuring (also known as Audax in the UK, Australia and Brazil) is a long-distance cycling sport with its origins in audax cycling. In randonneuring, riders attempt courses of 200 km or more, passing through predetermined "controls" ( ...

, a long-distance cycling sport or a certificate awarded at such events *

Brevet des colleges Brevet may refer to: Military * Brevet (military), higher rank that rewards merit or gallantry, but without higher pay * Brevet d'état-major, a military distinction in France and Belgium awarded to officers passing military staff college * Aircre ...

, a national diploma given to French pupils who pass the exam the end of 3e or year 10 * Brevet, a non-hereditary form of French nobility * , a French term for a kind of

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...

* "En France c'est le Brevet" famous quote by Adrian IV on absolutism in the French Catholic Church {{disambig