different between brands vs brandy

English

Noun

brands

1. plural of brand

Verb

brands

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brand

Danish

Noun

brands c

1. indefinite genitive singular of brand

Icelandic

Noun

brands

1. indefinite genitive singular of brandur

Old Norse

Noun

brands

1. indefinite genitive singular of brandr

Swedish

Noun

brands

1. indefinite genitive singular of brand

English

Etymology

Shortened form of brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn (“burnt wine”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: br?n?d?, IPA^(key): /?b?ændi/
• Rhymes: -ændi

Noun

brandy (countable and uncountable, plural brandies)

1. (uncountable) An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
2. (countable) Any variety of brandy.
3. (countable) A glass of brandy.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Abenaki: blandi
• ? Basque: brandy
• ? Cebuano: brandi
• ? Chinese:

  Cantonese: ??? (bat⁶ laan^4-1 dei^6-2), ??? (baak⁶ laan^4-1 dei^6-2)

  Mandarin: ??? (báilándì)

  Min Nan: ??? (bu?t-lân-tî)

• ? Czech: brandy
• ? Danish: brandy
• ? Dutch: brandy
• ? Finnish: brandy
• ? Galician: brandy
• ? German: Brandy
• ? Greek: ??????? (bránti)
• ? Hungarian: brandy
• ? Icelandic: brandí
• ? Irish: branda
• ? Italian: brandy
• ? Japanese: ????? (burand?)
• ? Korean: ??? (beuraendi)
• ? Lower Sorbian: brandy
• ? Norwegian: brandy
• ? Occitan: brandy
• ? Polish: brandy
• ? Portuguese: brande, brandy
• ? Romanian: brandy
• ? Russian: ?????? (brendi)
  • ? Armenian: ?????? (brendi)
• ? Scottish Gaelic: branndaidh
• ? Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ??????

  Latin: brendi

• ? Spanish: brandy
• ? Swahili: brandi
• ? Swedish: brandy
• ? Tagalog: brandi
• ? Thai: ??????? (bràn-dii)
• ? Turkish: brendi
• ? Vietnamese: brandy, bran?i
• ? Welsh: brandi

Translations

Verb

brandy (third-person singular simple present brandies, present participle brandying, simple past and past participle brandied)

1. (transitive) To preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy.

Translations

See also

• cognac

Danish

Etymology

From English brandy, shortened from brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn. Doublet of brændevin.

Noun

brandy

1. brandy

Finnish

(index b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?brændi/, [?brændi]
• Homophone: brändi
• Syllabification: bran?dy

Noun

brandy

1. brandy (distilled spirit made of grapes)

Declension

See also

• hedelmäviina

Polish

Etymology

From English brandy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br?n.d?/

Noun

brandy f (indeclinable)

1. brandy (liquor)

Further reading

• brandy in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• brandy in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

brandy m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of brande

Spanish

Noun

brandy m (plural brandys or brandies)

1. brandy