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5-letter words (1 found)

BRAND,

4-letter words (10 found)

BAND,BARD,BARN,BRAD,BRAN,DARB,DARN,DRAB,NARD,RAND,

3-letter words (12 found)

AND,ARB,ARD,BAD,BAN,BAR,BRA,DAB,DAN,NAB,RAD,RAN,

2-letter words (7 found)

AB,AD,AN,AR,BA,DA,NA,

You can make 30 words from brand according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of brand

brand rband barnd abrnd rabnd arbnd brnad rbnad bnrad nbrad rnbad nrbad banrd abnrd bnard nbard anbrd nabrd ranbd arnbd rnabd nrabd anrbd narbd bradn rbadn bardn abrdn rabdn arbdn brdan rbdan bdran dbran rdban drban badrn abdrn bdarn dbarn adbrn dabrn radbn ardbn rdabn drabn adrbn darbn brnda rbnda bnrda nbrda rnbda nrbda brdna rbdna bdrna dbrna rdbna drbna bndra nbdra bdnra dbnra ndbra dnbra rndba nrdba rdnba drnba ndrba dnrba bandr abndr bnadr nbadr anbdr nabdr badnr abdnr bdanr dbanr adbnr dabnr bndar nbdar bdnar dbnar ndbar dnbar andbr nadbr adnbr danbr ndabr dnabr randb arndb rnadb nradb anrdb nardb radnb ardnb rdanb dranb adrnb darnb rndab nrdab rdnab drnab ndrab dnrab andrb nadrb adnrb danrb ndarb dnarb

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Definitions and meaning of brand

brand

Etymology

From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (fire; flame; burning; torch; sword), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (fire), Dutch brand, German Brand, Swedish brand (blaze, fire), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (to burn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹænd/
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

brand (plural brands)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A conflagration; a flame.
  2. (archaic or poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.
    • 1859-1890, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England to the Revolutionary War
      Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.
  3. (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
  4. (archaic) A sword.
  5. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
    Hyponym: badge
  6. A branding iron.
  7. The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
    Synonyms: trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name
  8. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
  9. (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
  10. The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
    Synonyms: repute, name, good name
  11. A mark of infamy; stigma.
  12. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

brand (third-person singular simple present brands, present participle branding, simple past and past participle branded)

  1. (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
  2. (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
  3. (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
  4. (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
  5. (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
  6. (intransitive) To be very hot, to burn.

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

  • brand new
  • rebrand

See also

References

  • “brand”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • brand in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • “brand”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brant/

Etymology 1

From Dutch brand, from Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brand (plural brande, diminutive brandjie)

  1. destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)

Etymology 2

From Dutch branden, from Middle Dutch branden.

Verb

brand (present brand, present participle brandende, past participle gebrand)

  1. (ergative) to burn

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish brand, from Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, compare with Swedish brand, English brand, German Brand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /branˀ/, [ˈb̥ʁɑnˀ]
  • Homophone: brænd

Noun

brand c (singular definite branden, plural indefinite brande)

  1. fire (large, destructive fire, as in a building)
  2. smut (plant disease)
Declension
References
  • “brand,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English brand, cognate with the former word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /braːnd/, [ˈb̥ɹæːnd̥]

Noun

brand n (singular definite brandet, plural indefinite brands)

  1. brand (public image)
  2. brand (a specific product)
Declension
References
  • “brand,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /braːnd/, [ˈb̥ɹæːnd̥]

Verb

brand

  1. imperative of brande

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɑnt/
  • Hyphenation: brand
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt
  • Homophones: brandt, Brand, Brandt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brand m (plural branden, diminutive brandje n)

  1. destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: brand
  • Negerhollands: bran
    • Virgin Islands Creole: bran
  • Sranan Tongo: branti
See also
  • rook
  • vuur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

brand

  1. inflection of branden:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French brand, from Old French brant, from Frankish *brand (firebrand, flaming sword), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (firebrand, torch, sword), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (to burn). Cognate with Old High German brant (fire, firebrand, burning iron), Old English brand (fire, flame, brand, torch, sword, weapon), Old Norse brandr (fire, firebrand, sword). More at English brand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁɑ̃/

Noun

brand m (plural brands)

  1. (archaic) a sword

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Noun

brand

  1. indefinite accusative singular of brandur

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brand.

Noun

brand m (invariable)

  1. brand (product symbol)

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • braund, brend, brond, broond

Etymology

From Old English brand, brond, from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brand/, /braːnd/
  • (from OE brond) IPA(key): /brɔnd/, /brɔːnd/

Noun

brand (plural brandes)

  1. fire, flame
  2. burning wood or coal
  3. torch (lit stick)
  4. (chiefly poetic) sword, blade

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: brand
  • Scots: brand
  • Yola: broan, brone, brand

References

  • “brā̆nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brandr. Doublet of brann.

Noun

brand m (definite singular branden, indefinite plural brandar, definite plural brandane)

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  2. (pre-1938) alternative form of brann; fire

References

  • “brand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brand/

Noun

brand m (plural brands)

  1. (nautical) pitch (movement around the beam axis)

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brandr.

Noun

brand

  1. fire (occurrence of fire in a certain place)

Descendants

  • Danish: brand

Old English

Alternative forms

  • brond

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɑnd/

Noun

brand m

  1. firebrand; torch
  2. (poetic) a sword

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: brand, brond
    • English: brand
    • Scots: brand

Old Norse

Noun

brand

  1. indefinite accusative singular of brandr

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English brand.

Noun

brand n (plural branduri)

  1. brand

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brander, from Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu-. A derivative of brinna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brand/, [bran̪ːd̪]
  • Rhymes: -and

Noun

brand c

  1. a larger, uncontrolled fire (due to an accident, arson, or the like), a conflagration
    Antonym: eld (controlled fire)
  2. (archaic, poetic) a sword

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

  • brand in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • brand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • brand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “brand”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Yola

Noun

brand

  1. Alternative form of broan

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 98

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