brandy
/ˈbɹændi/US/ˈbɹændi/
brandy noun: an alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
Noun
brandy (countable and uncountable, plural brandies)
- An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
- Synonyms:
- eau de vie
- Any variety of such liquor.
- A serving of such liquor.
Verb
brandy (third-person singular simple present brandies, present participle brandying, simple past and past participle brandied)
Proper noun capitalized: Brandy
Brandy
- A female given name from English derived from brandy, an alcoholic liquor. Mostly seen in American usage during the 1970s and 1980s.
- Last month, Brandy Bottone of Plano, Texas, was pulled over by a Dallas sheriff’s deputy and given a ticket for driving alone in a high-occupancy vehicle lane.2022 July 12, Luke Vander Ploeg, “Can You Drive Alone in the H.O.V. Lane if You’re Pregnant? A Post-Roe Quandary.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2022
brandy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
brandy in Hindi
- liquor
- ब्रांडी brāṇḍī, बरांडी barāṇḍī
brandy in Tamil
- பிராந்தி, மது
brandy in Marathi
- liquor
- ब्रँडी brĕṇḍī
- glass of brandy
- ब्रँडी brĕṇḍī
- variety of brandy
- ब्रँडी brĕṇḍī
brandy in Urdu
- برانڈی, برینڈی
More languagesFewer languages
- brandy in Bengali
- ব্র্যান্ডি, ব্র্যাণ্ডি
- brandy in Telugu
- బ్రాండీ, బ్రాండి, బ్రాందీ
- brandy in Malayalam
- ബ്രാണ്ടി
- brandy in Kannada
- ಬ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡಿ, ಬ್ರಾಂಡಿ
- brandy in Punjabi
- ਬਰੈਂਡੀ, ਬਰਾਂਡੀ, ਬ੍ਰਾਂਡੀ
- brandy in Gujarati
- બ્રાન્ડી, બ્રાંડી
- brandy in Odia
- ବ୍ରାଣ୍ଡି, ବ୍ରାଣ୍ଡୀ
- brandy in Nepali
- ब्रान्डी, ब्र्यान्डी, ब्रांडी
- brandy in Tagalog
- brandi
- brandy in Arabic
- بَرَانْدِي barandī, بْرَانْدِي brandī, كُونْيَاك kunyāk
- brandy in Thai
- บรั่นดี bà-ràn-dii
- brandy in Vietnamese
- rượu branđi, rượu nặng
Examples of brandy in a sentence
- Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
- While sitting listening to the radio by the hour, she can drink brandy by the bucketful!
- My Nigel says there was no brandy cream in the supermarket, but I think he only had a man look.
Synonyms of brandy
Forms of brandy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | brandies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | brandies |
| present participle | brandying |
| past participle | brandied |
| past | brandied |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Brandi |
Origin of brandy
Shortened form of brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn (“burnt wine”). Compare German Brantewein, Branntwein, Danish brændevin.
Words formed from brandy
- apple brandy
- apricot brandy
- Brandy Alexander
- brandy and soda
- brandy-ball
- brandy ball
- brandy bottle
- brandy-bottle
- brandy bowl
- brandy butter
- brandy-cherry
- brandy-cowe
- brandy fruit
- brandy glass
- Brandy Hill
- brandyless
- brandylike
- brandy mint
- brandy paper
- brandy pawnee
- brandy-pawnee
- brandy-peach
- brandy-smash
- brandy snap
- brandy snifter
- brandywine
- cherry brandy
- cider brandy
- corn-brandy
- cut brandy
- fruit brandy
- Napoleon brandy
- peach brandy
- plum brandy
- pomace brandy
Phrases with brandy
Words that rhyme with brandy
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Questions about brandy
- What does brandy mean?
- Brandy means an alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
- What is brandy in Hindi?
- Brandy in Hindi is ब्रांडी (brāṇḍī), बरांडी (barāṇḍī). See Brandy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is brandy?
- Brandy can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce brandy?
- Brandy is pronounced /ˈbɹændi/.
- What is the plural of brandy?
- The plural of brandy is brandies.
Words near brandy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brandy (page history and authors); Brandy (page history and authors); brandy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brandy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brandy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brandy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brandy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brandy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brandy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brandy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brandy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brandy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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