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brandy

name · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈbɹændi/
  • brănʹdē
  • /ˈbɹændi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ændi
  • CMU ARPABET: B R AE1 N D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female given name from English derived from brandy, an alcoholic liquor. Mostly seen in American usage during the 1970s and 1980s.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eau de vie

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any variety of such liquor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A serving of such liquor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink

Narrower terms: eau de vie, applejack, Calvados, Armagnac, Cognac, grappa, kirsch, marc, slivovitz

History

Etymology

Shortened form of brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn (“burnt wine”). Compare German Brantewein, Branntwein, Danish brændevin.

Across languages

Translations

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَرَانْدِي (barandī) — liquor
  • Arabic: بْرَانْدِي (brandī) — liquor
  • Arabic: كُونْيَاك (kunyāk) — liquor
  • Arabic: كُونْيَاك (kunyak) — liquor
  • Armenian: կոնյակ (konyak) — liquor
  • Armenian: բրենդի (brendi) — liquor
  • Armenian: արբուն (arbun) — liquor
  • Belarusian: брэ́ндзі (bréndzi) — liquor
  • Belarusian: канья́к (kanʹják) — liquor
  • Bulgarian: коня́к (konják) — liquor
  • Bulgarian: ракия (rakija) — liquor
  • Bulgarian: бре́нди (bréndi) — liquor
  • Catalan: brandi — liquor
  • Catalan: conyac — liquor
  • Chamicuro: awalente — liquor
  • Chinese Cantonese: 拔蘭地 /拔兰地 — liquor
  • Chinese Cantonese: 白蘭地 /白兰地 — liquor
  • Chinese Cantonese: 干邑 (gon1 jap1) — liquor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白蘭地 /白兰地 (báilándì) — liquor
  • Czech: brandy — liquor
  • Danish: brandy — liquor
  • Dutch: brandewijn — liquor
  • Esperanto: brando — liquor
  • Estonian: brändi — liquor
  • Finnish: brandy — liquor
  • Finnish: viina — liquor
  • French: brandy — liquor
  • French: eau-de-vie — liquor
  • Galician: brandy — liquor
  • Georgian: ბრენდი (brendi) — liquor
  • Georgian: კონიაკი (ḳoniaḳi) — liquor
  • German: Kognak — liquor
  • German: Brandy — liquor
  • German: Weinbrand — liquor
  • German: Branntwein — liquor
  • Greek: κονιάκ (koniák) — liquor
  • Hawaiian: palani — liquor
  • Hebrew: קוֹנְיָאק (qonyáq) — liquor
  • Hebrew: יַיִן שָׂרָף (yáyin saráf) — liquor
  • Hebrew: יי״ש (YaSH) — liquor
  • Hindi: ब्रांडी (brāṇḍī) — liquor
  • Hindi: बरांडी (barāṇḍī) — liquor
  • Hungarian: borpárlat — liquor
  • Italian: brandy — liquor
  • Japanese: ブランデー (burandē) — liquor
  • Japanese: コニャック (konyakku) — liquor
  • Korean: 브랜디 (beuraendi) — liquor
  • Korean: 코냑 (konyak) — liquor
  • Latvian: brendijs — liquor
  • Lithuanian: brendis — liquor
  • Macedonian: бре́нди (bréndi) — liquor
  • Māori: parani — liquor
  • Marathi: ब्रँडी (brĕṇḍī) — liquor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brandy — liquor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Branntwien — liquor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Brammwien — liquor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Brandy — liquor
  • Plautdietsch: Brauntwien — liquor
  • Polabian: barvin — liquor
  • Polabian: brandevińă — liquor
  • Polish: brandy — liquor
  • Polish: wypalanka — liquor
  • Polish: winiak — liquor
  • Portuguese: brande — liquor
  • Portuguese: brandy — liquor
  • Portuguese: conhaque — liquor
  • Romanian: rachiu — liquor
  • Romanian: vinars — liquor
  • Russian: бре́нди (brɛ́ndi) — liquor
  • Russian: конья́к (konʹják) — liquor
  • Scottish Gaelic: branndaidh — liquor
  • Serbo-Croatian: brendi — liquor
  • Spanish: brandy — liquor
  • Spanish: coñac — liquor
  • Swahili: brandi — liquor
  • Swedish: konjak — liquor
  • Swedish: brandy — liquor
  • Tagalog: brandi — liquor
  • Thai: บรั่นดี (bà-ràn-dii) — liquor
  • Tocharian B: śakse — liquor
  • Ukrainian: бре́нді (bréndi) — liquor
  • Ukrainian: конья́к (konʹják) — liquor
  • Vietnamese: rượu branđi — liquor
  • Volapük: konyak — liquor
  • Volapük: filavin — liquor
  • Volapük: yägin — liquor
  • Bulgarian: бре́нди (bréndi) — variety of brandy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白蘭地 /白兰地 (báilándì) — variety of brandy
  • Finnish: brandy — variety of brandy
  • Finnish: viina — variety of brandy
  • Greek: μπράντι (bránti) — variety of brandy
  • Macedonian: бре́нди (bréndi) — variety of brandy
  • Marathi: ब्रँडी (brĕṇḍī) — variety of brandy
  • Russian: бре́нди (brɛ́ndi) — variety of brandy
  • Serbo-Croatian: brendi — variety of brandy
  • Bulgarian: чаша бре́нди (čaša bréndi) — glass of brandy
  • Finnish: brandy — glass of brandy
  • Finnish: viina — glass of brandy
  • German: Kurzer — glass of brandy
  • Greek: μπράντι (bránti) — glass of brandy
  • Macedonian: бре́нди (bréndi) — glass of brandy
  • Marathi: ब्रँडी (brĕṇḍī) — glass of brandy
  • Russian: бре́нди (brɛ́ndi) — glass of brandy
  • Serbo-Croatian: brendi — glass of brandy
  • Finnish: säilöä brandyyn — to preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy
  • Finnish: maustaa brandyllä — to preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy
  • Finnish: sekoittaa brandyä (johonkin) — to preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy
  • Vietnamese: rượu nặng — to preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy
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