brandish

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• /ˈbɹændɪʃ/
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From Middle English braundischen, from Old French brandiss-, stem of brandir (“to flourish a sword”), from Frankish *brandijan, from Frankish *brand (“firebrand; sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“fire; flame; sword”), whence Old English brand (“firebrand; torch”); equivalent to brand + -ish. More at brand.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: һелтәү (heltəw) — to move a weapon
• Bulgarian: размахвам заплашително (razmahvam zaplašitelno) — to move a weapon
• Catalan: brandar — to move a weapon
• Catalan: brandejar — to move a weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 揮舞 /挥舞 (huīwǔ) — to move a weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 揮 /挥 (huī) — to move a weapon
• Czech: mávat — to move a weapon
• Danish: svinge — to move a weapon
• Dutch: zwaaien — to move a weapon
• Finnish: heiluttaa — to move a weapon
• Finnish: heristää — to move a weapon
• French: brandir — to move a weapon
• Galician: brandir — to move a weapon
• German: schwingen — to move a weapon
• German: schwenken — to move a weapon
• German: hantieren — to move a weapon
• German: führen — to move a weapon
• Greek: κραδαίνω (kradaíno) — to move a weapon
• Ancient Greek: πάλλω (pállō) — to move a weapon
• Icelandic: bregða — to move a weapon
• Icelandic: sveifla — to move a weapon
• Ido: brandisar — to move a weapon
• Irish: bagair — to move a weapon
• Japanese: 振り回す (furimawasu) — to move a weapon
• Japanese: 閃かす (hiramekasu) — to move a weapon
• Korean: 휘두르다 (hwidureuda) — to move a weapon
• Latin: vibrō — to move a weapon
• Māori: whakakakapa — to move a weapon
• Māori: tōwhiri — to move a weapon
• Māori: tōwhiriwhiri — to move a weapon
• Māori: whakahana — to move a weapon
• Māori: whīoioi — to move a weapon
• Māori: pīoioi — to move a weapon
• Middle English: braundischen — to move a weapon
• Norwegian Bokmål: svinge — to move a weapon
• Occitan: brandir — to move a weapon
• Old Norse: bregða — to move a weapon
• Polish: wymachiwać — to move a weapon
• Portuguese: brandir — to move a weapon
• Romanian: flutura — to move a weapon
• Romanian: a învârti (sabia) — to move a weapon
• Russian: маха́ть (maxátʹ) — to move a weapon
• Russian: разма́хивать (razmáxivatʹ) — to move a weapon
• Russian: потряса́ть (potrjasátʹ) — to move a weapon
• Scottish Gaelic: crath — to move a weapon
• Spanish: esgrimir — to move a weapon
• Spanish: blandir — to move a weapon
• Swedish: svinga — to move a weapon
• Swedish: hötta — to move a weapon
• Swedish: hytta — to move a weapon
• Ukrainian: маха́ти (maxáty) — to move a weapon
• Ukrainian: розма́хувати (rozmáxuvaty) — to move a weapon
• German: vorzeigen — to bear something with ostentatious show
• German: ausstellen — to bear something with ostentatious show
• German: vorführen — to bear something with ostentatious show
• German: herzeigen — to bear something with ostentatious show
• Ancient Greek: πάλλω (pállō) — to bear something with ostentatious show
• Māori: whakaoraora — to bear something with ostentatious show
• Polish: obnosić się — to bear something with ostentatious show
• Russian: хва́статься (xvástatʹsja) — to bear something with ostentatious show
• Russian: выставля́ть напока́з (vystavljátʹ napokáz) — to bear something with ostentatious show