brandy
English
Etymology
Shortened form of brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn (“burnt wine”). Compare German Brantewein, Branntwein.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Derived terms
- 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
- brandyless
- brandylike
- 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
- → Abenaki: blandi
- → Basque: brandy
- → Cebuano: brandi
- → Chinese:
- → Czech: brandy
- → Danish: brandy
- → Dutch: brandy
- → Esperanto: brando
- → Estonian: brändi
- → 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
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Verb
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
See also
Danish
Etymology
From English brandy, shortened from brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn. Doublet of brændevin.
Noun
brandy
Finnish
Etymology
From English brandy, short for brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn.
Pronunciation
Noun
brandy
- brandy (distilled spirit made of grapes)
Declension
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
Further reading
- “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
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
brandy m (plural brandys)
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Further reading
- “brandy”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.
Noun
brandy m
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.
Pronunciation
Noun
brandy f (indeclinable)
- brandy (alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice)
Further reading
- brandy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- brandy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- brandy in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.
Pronunciation
Noun
brandy m (plural brandies)
- Alternative form of brande
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.
Noun
brandy n (plural brandy-uri)
Declension
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
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.
Noun
brandy m (plural brandys or brandies)
Usage notes
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
- “brandy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
brandy c
Declension
Declension of brandy | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | brandy | brandyn | — | — |
Genitive | brandys | brandyns | — | — |
References
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ændi
- Rhymes:English/ændi/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- en:Distilled beverages
- en:Grapevines
- en:Wine
- Danish terms borrowed from English
- Danish terms derived from English
- Danish terms derived from Dutch
- Danish doublets
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish terms derived from Dutch
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish terms with homophones
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- fi:Alcoholic beverages
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian unadapted borrowings from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian terms spelled with Y
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Alcoholic beverages
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish unadapted borrowings from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛndɘ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛndɘ/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Distilled beverages
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with Y
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from English
- Romanian unadapted borrowings from English
- Romanian terms derived from English
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian terms spelled with Y
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from English
- Spanish unadapted borrowings from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple plurals
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns