brandy
pronunciation
How to pronounce brandy in British English:
UK [ˈbrændi]
How to pronounce brandy in American English:
US [ˈbrændi]
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- Noun:
- distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
Word Origin
- brandy
- brandy: [17] English acquired the word for this distilled spirit from Dutch brandewijn, and at first altered and translated it minimally to brandewine. Soon however this became brandy wine, and by the mid-17th century the abbreviated brandy was in common use. The Dutch compound meant ‘distilled wine’, from branden, which denoted ‘distil’ as well as ‘burn’ (it was a derivative of brand ‘fire’, cognate with English brand).=> brand
- brandy (n.)
- 1650s, abbreviation of brandywine (1620s) from Dutch brandewijn "burnt wine," so called because it is distilled (compare German cognate Branntwein and Czech palenka "brandy," from paliti "to burn"). The Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania, site of a Revolutionary War battle, supposedly so named by the Dutch for the color of its waters.
Example
- 1. Later the men will indulge in brandy and cigars .
- 2. Cognac is a variety of brandy .
- 3. Those brave enough to ride it were offered a stiff brandy at the top .
- 4. That 's why we take brandy for a walk every day .
- 5. When you always get 100 per cent support in elections , that is a lot of brandy .