brandy
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortened form of brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn (“burnt wine”). Compare German Brantewein, Branntwein.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brandy (countable and uncountable, plural brandies)
- (uncountable) An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
- (countable) Any variety of brandy.
- (countable) A glass of brandy.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- apple brandy
- apricot brandy
- Brandy Alexander
- brandy and soda
- brandy-ball
- brandy ball
- brandy-bottle
- brandy bottle
- brandy bowl
- brandy butter
- brandy-cherry
- brandy-cowe
- brandy fruit
- brandy glass
- brandy paper
- brandy-pawnee
- brandy pawnee
- brandy-peach
- brandy-smash
- brandy snap
- brandy snifter
- brandywine
- cherry brandy
- cider brandy
- corn-brandy
- cut brandy
- fruit brandy
- peach brandy
- plum brandy
- pomace brandy
Descendants edit
- → Abenaki: blandi
- → Basque: brandy
- → Cebuano: brandi
- → Chinese:
- → Czech: brandy
- → Danish: brandy
- → Dutch: brandy
- → Esperanto: brando
- → Finnish: brandy
- → Galician: brandy
- → German: Brandy
- → Greek: μπράντι (bránti)
- → Hungarian: brandy
- → Icelandic: brandí
- → Irish: branda
- → Italian: brandy
- → Japanese: ブランデー (burandē)
- → Korean: 브랜디 (beuraendi)
- → Lower Sorbian: brandy
- → Norwegian: brandy
- → Occitan: brandy
- → Polish: brandy
- → Portuguese: brande, (unadapted form) brandy
- → Romanian: brandy
- → Russian: бренди (brendi)
- → Armenian: բրենդի (brendi)
- → Scottish Gaelic: branndaidh
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: brandy
- → Swahili: brandi
- → Swedish: brandy
- → Tagalog: brandi
- → Thai: บรั่นดี (bà-ràn-dii)
- → Turkish: brendi
- → Vietnamese: brandy, branđi
- → Welsh: brandi
Translations edit
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Verb edit
brandy (third-person singular simple present brandies, present participle brandying, simple past and past participle brandied)
- (transitive) To preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy.
Translations edit
See also edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From English brandy, shortened from brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn. Doublet of brændevin.
Noun edit
brandy
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From English brandy, short for brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brandy
- brandy (distilled spirit made of grapes)
Declension edit
Inflection of brandy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | brandy | brandyt | ||
genitive | brandyn | brandyjen | ||
partitive | brandyä | brandyjä | ||
illative | brandyyn | brandyihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | brandy | brandyt | ||
accusative | nom. | brandy | brandyt | |
gen. | brandyn | |||
genitive | brandyn | brandyjen | ||
partitive | brandyä | brandyjä | ||
inessive | brandyssä | brandyissä | ||
elative | brandystä | brandyistä | ||
illative | brandyyn | brandyihin | ||
adessive | brandyllä | brandyillä | ||
ablative | brandyltä | brandyiltä | ||
allative | brandylle | brandyille | ||
essive | brandynä | brandyinä | ||
translative | brandyksi | brandyiksi | ||
abessive | brandyttä | brandyittä | ||
instructive | — | brandyin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “brandy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brandy m (plural brandys)
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
Further reading edit
- “brandy”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.
Noun edit
brandy m
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brandy f (indeclinable)
- brandy (alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice)
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brandy m (plural brandies)
- Alternative form of brande
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.
Noun edit
brandy n (plural brandy-uri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) brandy | brandyul | (niște) brandy-uri | brandy-urile |
genitive/dative | (unui) brandy | brandyului | (unor) brandy-uri | brandy-urilor |
vocative | brandyule | brandy-urilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.
Noun edit
brandy m (plural brandys or brandies)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading edit
- “brandy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014