different between brandy vs snapdragon

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

English

Alternative forms

• snap dragon
• snap-dragon

Etymology

snap +? dragon, in reference to the supposed resemblance of the flower to a dragon's face. From 1570s.
For the parlour game sense, the 1704 Swift quotation is apparently the earliest appearance in print.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?snæpd?æ??n/

Noun

snapdragon (countable and uncountable, plural snapdragons)

1. (countable) Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers.
   • 1998, Stephen H. Howell, Molecular Genetics of Plant Development, Cambridge University Press, page 146,

     Snapdragon leaves are asymmetrical with respect to dorsal-ventral surfaces (Fig. 6.6A).

   • 2000, Margaret Roberts, Edible & Medicinal Flowers, New Africa Books (The Spearhead Press), page 72,

     The snapdragon is indigenous to Europe and has been a much loved garden plant since before the Middle Ages, when it was considered an antidote against witchcraft.

   • 2006, Lynn Coulter, Gardening with Heirloom Seeds, University of North Carolina Press, page 59,

     Modern snapdragons aren't usually grown for their scent, although some do smell slightly spicy.

2. (uncountable) A game in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; the substance snatched and eaten during the playing of the game; the vessel used for the game.
   • 1862, Anthony Trollope, Orley Farm, 1868, Chapman and Hall, page 159,

     "And now for snap-dragon," said Marian.

     "Exactly as you predicted, Mr. Graham," said Madeline; "blind-man's buff at a quarter past three, and snap-dragon at five."

   • 2014, Stephanie Barron, On Hosting Your Regency-Era Christmas Party, Soho Press, page 13,

     From the 16th to 19th centuries, no Christmas Eve celebration was complete without a hearty game of Snapdragon in the parlor.

   • 2014, Sabrina Jeffries, When Sparks Fly, Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star Books), unnumbered page,

     "I hope we play snapdragon," eight-?year-?old Timothy Metcalf said.

     "I wish we could," Ellie said, "but I doubt Papa will allow it. He'll say snatching raisins from a burning bowl of brandy is too dangerous."

     "But snapdragon is a Christmas tradition!" protested Percy.

Synonyms

• (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum): dragon flower
• (game): flapdragon

Derived terms

• common snapdragon
• snapdragon double

Translations

Further reading

• Snapdragon (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Antirrhinum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Snap-dragon (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Antirrhinum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Antirrhinum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons