# brandy
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* enPR: brănʹdē, IPA: /ˈbɹændi/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ændi

### Noun

brandy (countable and uncountable, plural brandies)
* (uncountable) An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
* (countable) Any variety of brandy.
* (countable) A glass of brandy.

#### Synonyms

* eau de vie, aqua vitae

#### Derived terms

* 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
* 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
* peach brandy
* plum brandy
* pomace brandy

#### Descendants

* → Abenaki: blandi
* → Basque: brandy
* → Cebuano: brandi
* → Chinese:
    Cantonese: 拔蘭地 / 拔兰地 (bat$^6$ laan$^{4-1}$ dei$^{6-2}$), 白蘭地 / 白兰地 (baak$^6$ laan$^{4-1}$ dei$^{6-2}$)
    Mandarin: 白蘭地 / 白兰地 (báilándì)
    Min Nan: 物蘭池 / 物兰池 (bu̍t-lân-tî)
* → Czech: brandy
* → Danish: brandy
* → Dutch: brandy
* → Esperanto: brando
* → Estonian: brändi
* → Finnish: brandy
* → Galician: brandy
* → German: Brandy
* → Greek: μπράντι (bránti)
* → Hungarian: brandy
* → Icelandic: brandí
* → Irish: branda
* → Italian: brandy
* → Japanese: ブランデー (burandē)
* → Korean: 브랜디 (beuraendi)
* → Lower Sorbian: brandy
* → Norwegian: brandy
* → Occitan: brandy
* → Polish: brandy
* → Portuguese: brande, (unadapted form) brandy
* → Romanian: brandy
* → Russian: бренди (brendi)
** → Armenian: բրենդի (brendi)
* → Scottish Gaelic: branndaidh
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бренди
    Latin script: brendi
* → Spanish: brandy
* → Swahili: brandi
* → Swedish: brandy
* → Tagalog: brandi
* → Thai: บรั่นดี (bà-ràn-dii)
* → Turkish: brendi
* → Vietnamese: brandy, branđi
* → Welsh: brandi

#### Translations
### Verb

brandy (third-person singular simple present brandies, present participle brandying, simple past and past participle brandied)
* (transitive) To preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy.

#### Translations
### See also

* cognac

## Czech
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbrɛndɪ]
* Hyphenation: bran‧dy

### Noun

brandy n or f (indeclinable)
* brandy (alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice)

### Further reading

* “brandy”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “brandy”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “brandy” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
* “brandy”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

brandy
* brandy

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English brandy, short for brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrændi/, [ˈbrændi]
* Rhymes: -ændi
* Homophone: brändi
* Hyphenation: bran‧dy

### Noun

brandy
* brandy (distilled spirit made of grapes)
    Synonym: rypäleviina

#### Declension

Possessive forms of brandy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
brandyni
brandyni
accusative
nom.
brandyni
brandyni
gen.
brandyni
genitive
brandyni
brandyjeni
partitive
brandyäni
brandyjäni
inessive
brandyssäni
brandyissäni
elative
brandystäni
brandyistäni
illative
brandyyni
brandyihini
adessive
brandylläni
brandyilläni
ablative
brandyltäni
brandyiltäni
allative
brandylleni
brandyilleni
essive
brandynäni
brandyinäni
translative
brandykseni
brandyikseni
abessive
brandyttäni
brandyittäni
instructive
comitative
—brandyineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
brandysi
brandysi
accusative
nom.
brandysi
brandysi
gen.
brandysi
genitive
brandysi
brandyjesi
partitive
brandyäsi
brandyjäsi
inessive
brandyssäsi
brandyissäsi
elative
brandystäsi
brandyistäsi
illative
brandyysi
brandyihisi
adessive
brandylläsi
brandyilläsi
ablative
brandyltäsi
brandyiltäsi
allative
brandyllesi
brandyillesi
essive
brandynäsi
brandyinäsi
translative
brandyksesi
brandyiksesi
abessive
brandyttäsi
brandyittäsi
instructive
comitative
—brandyinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
brandymme
brandymme
accusative
nom.
brandymme
brandymme
gen.
brandymme
genitive
brandymme
brandyjemme
partitive
brandyämme
brandyjämme
inessive
brandyssämme
brandyissämme
elative
brandystämme
brandyistämme
illative
brandyymme
brandyihimme
adessive
brandyllämme
brandyillämme
ablative
brandyltämme
brandyiltämme
allative
brandyllemme
brandyillemme
essive
brandynämme
brandyinämme
translative
brandyksemme
brandyiksemme
abessive
brandyttämme
brandyittämme
instructive
comitative
—brandyinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
brandynne
brandynne
accusative
nom.
brandynne
brandynne
gen.
brandynne
genitive
brandynne
brandyjenne
partitive
brandyänne
brandyjänne
inessive
brandyssänne
brandyissänne
elative
brandystänne
brandyistänne
illative
brandyynne
brandyihinne
adessive
brandyllänne
brandyillänne
ablative
brandyltänne
brandyiltänne
allative
brandyllenne
brandyillenne
essive
brandynänne
brandyinänne
translative
brandyksenne
brandyiksenne
abessive
brandyttänne
brandyittänne
instructive
comitative
—brandyinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
brandynsä
brandynsä
accusative
nom.
brandynsä
brandynsä
gen.
brandynsä
genitive
brandynsä
brandyjensä
partitive
brandyään brandyänsä
brandyjään brandyjänsä
inessive
brandyssään brandyssänsä
brandyissään brandyissänsä
elative
brandystään brandystänsä
brandyistään brandyistänsä
illative
brandyynsä
brandyihinsä
adessive
brandyllään brandyllänsä
brandyillään brandyillänsä
ablative
brandyltään brandyltänsä
brandyiltään brandyiltänsä
allative
brandylleen brandyllensä
brandyilleen brandyillensä
essive
brandynään brandynänsä
brandyinään brandyinänsä
translative
brandykseen brandyksensä
brandyikseen brandyiksensä
abessive
brandyttään brandyttänsä
brandyittään brandyittänsä
instructive
comitative
—brandyineen brandyinensä :

#### See also

* hedelmäviina

### Further reading

* “brandy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Switzerland):(file)

### Noun

brandy m (plural brandys)
* brandy

#### Synonyms

* eau-de-vie

#### Hyponyms

* cognac

### Further reading

* “brandy”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.

### Noun

brandy m
* brandy

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrɛn.dɘ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛndɘ
* Syllabification: bran‧dy

### Noun

brandy f (indeclinable)
* brandy (alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice)

### Further reading

* brandy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* brandy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* brandy in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɐ̃.de/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾɐ̃.di/
* Homophone: brande (Brazil)

### Noun

brandy m (plural brandies)
* Alternative form of brande

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.

### Noun

brandy n (plural brandy-uri)
* brandy

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbrendi]

### Noun

brandy n or f (indeclinable)
* brandy
    Synonym: koňak

### Further reading

* “brandy”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾandi/ [ˈbɾãn̪.d̪i]
* Rhymes: -andi
* Syllabification: bran‧dy

### Noun

brandy m (plural brandys or brandies)
* brandy

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “brandy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

brandy c
* brandy
    Synonym: konjak

#### Declension
### References

* brandy in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* brandy in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)