different between liqueur vs brandy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??kj??/, /l??kj??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??k?/, /l??k??/

Noun

liqueur (countable and uncountable, plural liqueurs)

1. A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Cordials are a type of liqueur manufactured using the infusion process as opposed to the essence and distillation processes.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• cordial
• ratafia

Further reading

• liqueur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

liqueur (third-person singular simple present liqueurs, present participle liqueuring, simple past and past participle liqueured)

1. to flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur
2. to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution

   Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin liquor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.kœ?/

Noun

liqueur f (plural liqueurs)

1. alcoholic liqueur
2. (literary) drinkable liquid
3. (Canada) fizzy drink, pop
4. (obsolete) liquid
5. (Louisiana) liquor

Derived terms

• liqueur de dosage
• liqueur de tirage

Usage notes

• Liqueur and liquor are false friends: French liqueur never applies to alcoholic drinks in general.
• The Quebec use of the term is frequently targeted as an anglicism (from liquor), even though the meaning ("non-alcoholic drink") is older and has little connection to either English term.

Further reading

• “liqueur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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