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Definition: Brand |
BrandNoun1. A name given to a product or service. 2. A recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?". 3. Identification mark on skin, made by burning. 4. A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning. 5. A symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis. 6. A cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade. Verb1. Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals. 2. To accuse or condemn openly or formally: "He denounced the government action.". 3. Mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Brand" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sword". |
Date "brand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Note: Brand \Brand\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Branded; Branding.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | Something carried on the hip, by either beast or man. Can be found on the outside of a short, red steer, or the inside of a long, black bottle. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Food & Agriculture | A device(as a word)pointing distinctly to the origin or ownership of merchandise to which it is applied and legally reserved to the exclusive use of the owner as maker or seller ; a special mark placed on a particular brand of article or commodity to distinguish it from similar goods sold by other producers ; name or mark used in commerce to indicate the origin of a wine or the vendor. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Brand The Clicquot brand, etc., the best brand, etc. That is the merchant's or excise mark branded on the article itself, the vessel which contains the article, the wrapper which covers it, the cork of the bottle, etc., to guarantee its being genuine, etc. Madame Clicquot, of champagne notoriety, died in 1866. He has the brand of villain in his looks. It was once customary to brand the cheeks of felons with an F. The custom was abolished by law in 1822. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A brand is an identifying mark, image, name or concept which distinguishes a product or service. A brand is a symbol created by a marketer to represent a collection of information about a product or group of products. When a brand has accummulated a mass of positive sentiment among consumers, the company is said to have acquired brand equity. A brand name is that part of a brand consisting of words or letters that can be verbalized. A brand name that has been given legal protection is referred to as a trademark.
Originally the word meant anything that was hot or burning; by the European Middle Ages it was commonly used to identify the process of burning a mark into a stock animal so as to identify ownership. Animal branding in the American west has evolved into a complex marking system still in use today.
By the more contemporary definition, a brand means the immaterial attributes attached to a product or a service. Without the brand, Coca-Cola is little more than sugared water; Tide is just another detergent, and Chiquita is a banana just like another.
Brands are central to the debates on intellectual property law, intellectual capital, consumerism and moral purchasing.
History
Brands were born with the 19th century advent of packaged goods. Industrialization moved the production of many household items, such as soap, from local communities to centralized factories. These factories needed to sell their products nationwide, to a customer base that was only familiar with local goods. It quickly became apparent that a generic package of soap was a hard sell next to the familiar, local product. The packaged goods manufacturers needed to convince the public that their product was just as trustworthy.This is illustrated by many brands of that era, such as Uncle Ben's rice and Kellogg's breakfast cereal. The manufacturers wanted their products to appear and feel as familiar as the local farmers' produce. From there, with the help of advertising, manufacturers quickly learned to associate other kinds of brand values, such as youthfulness, fun or luxury, with their products. This kickstarted the practice we now know as branding.
Examples of prominent brand names
The 2001 ranking of the 100 most valuable brands worldwide by Business Week magazine contained 62 American, 30 European, and 6 Japanese brands.Brands (United States):
Brands (European)
- Apple (computer)
- Boeing (aerospace)
- Coca-Cola (soft drink)
- Columbia Records (recorded sound - since 1988 owned by Sony)
- Ford Motor Company (automobiles)
- Hershey's (chocolate)
- McDonald's (fast food restaurant)
- Microsoft (software)
- The Gap (clothing)
Brands (Japanese)
- BP (petrol - UK)
- Brio (toys)
- Cadbury (chocolate- UK)
- Ferrari (automobile - Italy)
- Ikea (furniture - Sweden)
- Lego (toys - Denmark)
- Mercedes-Benz (automobile - Germany)
- Nestlé (food - Switzerland)
- Nokia (cell phones - Finland)
- Orangina (soft drink)
- Canon
- Honda
- Nintendo
- Sony
- Toyota
See also
- brand management
- marketing
- product management
- product
- advertising
- new product development
- trademark
- genericized trademark
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Alternative uses
Brand is a play by Henrik Ibsen 1865. Brand (Dutch language for "fire") is a commercial Dutch beer -- see Brand (beer).Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brand."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Brand is a beer brand produced in Wijlre (mun. Gulpen-Wittem), Netherlands.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brand (beer)."
Synonyms: BrandSynonyms: blade (n), brand name (n), firebrand (n), make (n), marque (n), stain (n), steel (n), stigma (n), sword (n), trade name (n), denounce (v), mark (v), post (v), stigmatize (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accusation | Brand with reproach; stigmatize, slur; cast a stone at, cast a slur on; incriminate, criminate; inculpate, implicate; call to account; (censure); take to blame, take to task; put in the black book. |
Arms | Missile, bolt, projectile, shot, ball; grape; grape shot, canister shot, bar shot, cannon shot, langrel shot, langrage shot, round shot, chain shot; balista, ballista, slung shot, trebucbet, trebucket; bullet, slug, stone, brickbat, grenade, shell, bomb, carcass, rocket; congreve, congreve rocket; shrapnel, mitraille; levin bolt, levin brand; thunderbolt. |
Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel. | |
Calefaction | Burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch; brand, cauterize, sear, burn in; corrode, char, calcine, incinerate; smelt, scorify; reduce to ashes; burn to a cinder; commit to the flames, consign to the flames. |
Detraction | Verb: detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run down, cry down; backcap; belittle; sneer at; (contemn); criticize, pull to pieces, pick a hole in one's coat, asperse, cast aspersions, blow upon, bespatter, blacken, vilify, vilipend; avile; give a dog a bad name, brand, malign; muckrake; backbite, libel, lampoon, traduce, slander, defame, calumniate, bear false witness against; speak ill of behind one's back. |
Disapprobation | Accuse; impeach, denounce; hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration; expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize; show up, pull up, take up; cry "shame" upon; be outspoken; raise a hue and cry against. |
Discord | Subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli; question at issue; (subject of inquiry); vexed question, vexata quaestio, brand of discord. |
Disrepute | Tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution. stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur. |
Impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, vilify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry; tread under foot, trample under foot; show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon; reprehend. | |
Fuel | Coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale; turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log; cinder. (products of combustion); ingle, tinder, touchwood; sulphur, brimstone; incense; port-fire; fire-barrel, fireball, brand; amadou, bavin; blind coal, glance coal; German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge; solid fueled rocket. |
Brand, torch, fuse; wick; spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco; linstock. | |
Indication | Warning; omen; prefigurement. trace, record. warning; alarm. scepter. trophy. gauge. milestone, milepost. brand, fool's cap. check, telltale; test; (experiment); mileage ticket; milliary. |
Signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal; paraph, brand; superscription; indorsement, endorsement. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | It's more like freshly-laundered linen handkerchiefs, like a brand new automobile (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett) Papa's got a brand new bag. (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.) I also recognize your brand of soldier (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz) Just because we let them smelly fools ride us like horses don't mean we gotta let 'em brand us like horses (Unforgiven; writing credit: Walon Green; Roy N. Sickner) If I win, I'll get a brand new protractor (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | I’m thinking in a brand new way (Brand New Day; performing artist: Sting) With a brand new set (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC) 'Cause you make me feel so brand new ("Let's Stay Together"; performing artist: Al Green) Oh I see myself in a brand new way (Don't Look Back; performing artist: BOSTON) Forget about the brand new life that I gave you (What About Us?; performing artist: Brandy) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Brand New Life (1973) Brand X (1970) The Joel Brand Story (1965) Die Geschichte von Joel Brand (1964) Brand (1959) | |
Song Titles | Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (performing artist: James Brown) Brand New Key (performing artist: Melanie) Brand New Day (performing artist: Sting) You Make Me Feel Brand New (performing artist: Stylistics) | |
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(1) color slide shows a carton of Lucerne brand skim milk. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). | (2) color slides show different bags of snack chips. (1) bag of Lays brand potato chips, (1) bag of Doritos brand tortilla chips. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). | ||
![]() | Native trades boar for clothes and haircut Now the ship has a brand new crewman Photo #2 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Fig. 1. Pierce and Cunningham darting-gun; a combined harpoon and lance Used largely by Arctic whalemen. Fig. 2. Cunningham and Cogan gun Length, 33 inches; weight, 27 pounds; used by Arctic whalers with bomb lance Fig. 3. Brand muzzle-loading whaling-gun and bomb lance. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | A brand new Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship MILLER FREEMAN posing for the camera on Lake Erie prior to heading down the St. Lawrence River. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Ernst Brand. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Moored in port with three sisters, 1900. Brand is the boat on the left. Photographed by A. Renard, Kiel, Germany. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Just a minute, Captain Barney hailed. I liked that speech fust-rate, but when anybody starts spinnin' yarns about worms eatin' up through a brand new vessel's hull, I say it couldn't happen. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Anyhow the kid will have a brand new Congress to help him along!. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Plain murder -- hammer and sickle brand. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Brand new baby" by Ariel C. Commentary: "Brand new baby." | "Wedding chain 1" by Thomas Hamlyn-Harris Commentary: "Nanjing (China). As part of a wedding ceremony couples padlock two hearts together on a chain. On the hearts there is an image of a Pheonix (female) and Dragon (male). I think the brand name of the padlocks, HOUSE, is a beautiful touch." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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Abraham Lincoln | Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The database is searchable by brand name, generic name or by indication. (references) | |
If you use more than one peak flow meter (such as at home and at school), be sure that both meters are the same brand. (references) | ||
Other analogs, sometimes referred to as "designer" drugs, can be produced in illegal laboratories and are often more dangerous and potent than the original drug. Two of the most commonly known opioid analogs are fentanyl and meperidine (marketed under the brand name Demerol, for example). (references) | ||
Business | ACER, a Taiwanese brand also has a strong presence. (references) | |
Brand preference is also based on the price factor. (references) | ||
Price is the determining factor of what brand to purchase. (references) | ||
Economic History | Vietnam | There is much trial usage, but little brand loyalty. (references) |
Uae | They are highly susceptible to have brand recognition. (references) | |
Senegal | They are commercialized under well-known U.S. brand names. (references) | |
Political Economy | UKRAINE | Thus piracy of well-known consumer brand names is common business practice in Ukraine. (references) |
SAUDI ARABIA | It is estimated that from 25 to upward of 50 percent of all major brand consumer goods sold in Saudi Arabia are illegal copies. (references) | |
CZECH REPUBLIC | Recognizing that no amendment will help, the Czech Republic is currently working on a brand new procurement law to enter force in 2002. (references) | |
Trade | France | Registered brand names and trademarks can only be used by the manufacturer. (references) |
Philippines | An application for registration should be filed by the Philippine importer for the importation and distribution/offer for sale for each class per brand of product. (references) | |
Georgia | In 1997 the IFC co-financed a loan with the EBRD to the Georgian Glass and Mineral Water Co. to reestablish "Borjomi" as the leading mineral water brand in the country. (references) | |
Worker Rights | China | Authorities in Italy reported in 2000 that an estimated 30,000 illegal Chinese immigrants work in sweatshop conditions outside of Florence, with many children working alongside their parents in the production of scarves, purses, and imitations of various brand name products. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MISS, n. The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Missis (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. In the general abolition of social titles in this our country they miraculously escaped to plague us. If we must have them let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to Mh. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Brand" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.26% of the time. "Brand" is used about 1,333 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.26% | 1,123 | 6,791 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.72% | 143 | 26,451 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.45% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.5% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,333 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "brand" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Brand | Last name | 6,000 | 1,954 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Brand" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sword". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Brand." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Brandt | Male | N/A | Brand |
| Brand | Male | English | N/A |
| Branda | Female | English | Brand |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Denmark | Alm Brand A.S. | Japan | Snow Brand Food Co., Ltd. |
| Singapore | Eagle Brand Holdings Ltd. | Sweden | A Brand New World AB |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "brand": a brand from the burning ♦ brand awareness ♦ Brand goose ♦ Brand iron ♦ brand leader ♦ brand loyalty ♦ brand name ♦ brand new ♦ brand of discord ♦ Brand spore ♦ competing brand ♦ Dust brand ♦ fire brand ♦ levin brand ♦ manufacturer's brand ♦ maverick brand ♦ producer's brand ♦ proprietary brand ♦ Von Brand ♦ white brand. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "brand": brand-building, brand-conscious, brand-consciousness, brand-driven, brand-image, brand-level, brand-loyalty, brand-mark, brand-name, brand-names, Brand-new, brand-newness, brand-related, brand-spanking-new. | |
Ending with "brand": own-brand. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
brand new | 1,385 | shoes brand | 102 |
brand new lyrics | 643 | brand deja entendu new | 101 |
brand | 607 | brand cosmetic discount | 97 |
lucky brand | 551 | fortune brand | 95 |
lucky brand jean | 388 | brand name recipe | 93 |
brand name | 366 | brand new heavies | 93 |
brand new band | 288 | brand marketing | 92 |
lion brand yarn | 202 | cattle brand | 90 |
brand identity | 194 | lucky brand clothing | 87 |
limited brand | 175 | brand of watch | 85 |
yum brand | 167 | brand x | 81 |
name brand clothes | 153 | brand cigarette | 81 |
beer brand | 128 | brand viagra | 81 |
brand name clothing | 126 | interstate brand | 80 |
paint brand | 113 | clothing brand | 78 |
brand management | 112 | brand new music | 77 |
furniture brand | 110 | brand name furniture | 76 |
beauty brand | 109 | tire brand | 74 |
eagle brand | 108 | brand strategy | 73 |
shoes brand name | 104 | brand factory shoes | 73 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "brand"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shenjë (accent, aim, auspice, Beck, butt, cue, denotation, denotement, earmark, ensign, evidence, exponent, fleck, foretoken, impress, index, indication, insignia, Mark, marking, obelisk, obelus, office, omen, pledge, pointer, portent, presage, prognostication, scratch, seal, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, tally, target, token, vestige, Wale, weal), markë (chip, logo, make, markka), lloj (assortment, brood, cast, class, description, form, genre, kidney, kind, nature, persuasion, race, rate, shape, sort, species, stamp, stock, style, type, variety), damkë (band). (various references) | |
Arabic | وسم بالنار, وسم (label, marking, stamp, tag), وصمة (blot, smirk, smudge, spot, stain, stamp), سمة (sign, stamp, trait, type, visa, zenith), علامة تجارية (trademark), طبع على نحو لا يمحى, صنف (article, assort, categorize, category, class, classification, classify, compile, designate, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, kind, label, pigeonhole, place, rank, rate, sort, species, stow, systematize, table, tabulate, type), شعار (banner, countersign, device, emblem, motto, sign, slogan, tag, watchword). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | факел (cresset, lamp, torch), фабрична марка (trademark), качество (capacity, class, degree, fabric, grade, kind, merit, point, quality, rate, stamp, tap), главня (cockle, firebrand, smut), дамга (iron). (various references) | |
Chinese | 廠牌 , 品牌. (various references) | |
Czech | znaèka (earmark, make, Mark, sign, sort, symbol), vypálit (burn down, burn out, cauterize, fire, fire off), splétat vlasy do copu, opatřit znaèkou, druh zboží. (various references) | |
Danish | braendejern (branding iron), brændemærke (burn, burning mark), varemaerke (brand name, crest, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), varemærker (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), varebetegnelse (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), modermærke (burn, burning mark, hemangioma, naevus, nevus), mærkat (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), lungeslag (burn, burning mark), label (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), kvalitetsstempel (certification mark, quality label, seal of approval), kvalitetsmærke (certification mark, quality label, seal of approval), handelsbetegnelse (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), firmamaerke (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename). (various references) | |
Dutch | brandmerk (burn, burning mark). (various references) | |
Esperanto | brulstampo, brulstampi. (various references) | |
Farsi | خاطرنشان کردن (Point), داغ زدن (Cauterize), داغ ودرفش , داغ کردن (Cauterize, Singe), رقم (Character, Digit, Figure, Item, Number, Sort, Symbol, Type), اتشپاره , انگ (Hallmark), داغ (Hot, Mark, Stain, Stigma, Sultry, Therm), جنس (Breed, Commodity, Gender, Genus, Kind, Mettle, Stamp, Stuff, Substance), مارک (Score, Stripe), علامت (Allegory, Badge, Banner, Emblem, Mark, Marker, Name, Presage, Showing, Sign, Signal, Stripe, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Tick, Token), لکه بدنامی (Slur), لکه دارکردن (Blame, Blemish, Denigrate, Foul, Smear, Soil, Speck, Stain, Stigmatize, Sully, Taint, Tarnish), نشان (Aim, Attribute, Badge, Banner, Clue, Emblem, Ensign, Hallmark, Impress, Mark, Medal, Memento, Plaque, Presage, Score, Seal, Show, Sign, Signal, Stamp, Standard, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Target, Token, Trace, Track, Tract), نوع (Breed, Class, Gender, Genus, Ilk, Issue, Kidney, Kind, Manner, Nature, Navigate, Order, Persuasion, Quality, Sort, Species, Speckle, Stamp, Suit, Type, Variety), نیمسوز, جور (Class, Compatible, Genus, Ilk, Kind, Oppression, Sort). (various references) | |
Finnish | tavaramerkki (trademark), laji (event, kind, make, sort, species, sport). (various references) | |
French | marque (brand name). (various references) | |
Frisian | brânmerk. (various references) | |
German | marke (badge, check, chip, code, coupon, disk, label, make, mark, marker, marque, record, secret code, spot, stamp, tag, ticket, token, trademark, voucher), warenzeichen (trademark, trade-mark), brandmal (stigma). (various references) | |
Greek | στιγματίζω (stigmatize), μάρκα (label, make). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשים (deposit, lay, lay down, place, put, put down, set), לצין סמן, אות קלון (mark of disgrace, stigma), סימן מסחרי (trademark), סוג (category, class, denomination, fenced, genus, kind, quality, sort, species, strain, turning aside, type). (various references) | |
Hungarian | védjegy (chop, trademark), márka (make, mark), parázs (cinder, ember, embers, live coals), növényi rozsda, megbélyegzés (condemnation, denouncement), kard (glaive, iron, saber, sabers, sabres, skewer, steel, sword), beégetett bélyeg, üszök (gangrene). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mencap (place a seal on, stamp, stigmatize), jenis (genus, kind, type). (various references) | |
Italian | marchio (earmark, make, mark, stamp, taint, time, trademark), marca (check, high-class, kind, make, Mark, stamp, ticket). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 銘柄 (description, make). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ブランド (bland), ひんしゅ (description, kind), めいがら (description, make), らくいん (branding iron, mark, nobleman's illegitimate child, stigma), やきいん (branding iron). (various references) | |
Korean | 낙인. (various references) | |
Manx | mark (mark), cur cowrey er (imprint, mark), cowrey (attribute, badge, beacon, caret, character, check, denotation, emblem, evidence, feature, gesture, hint, indication, intimation, mark, marque, motion, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, token, trace, wealth). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andbray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | marca comercial (trademark), marca (character, guide-mark, hallmark, impress, impression, imprint, label, mark, marking, mintage, note, pock-mark, rubber stamp, score, seal, spot, stamp, token, trace, trait). (various references) | |
Romanian | marcã fabricii (label, maker's mark, trade mark), însemna (badge, be, betoken, chalk out, connote, denote, dint, excoriate, imply, import, item, jot down, mark off, mean, note, record, scotch, signify, spell, stand, tick), întipãri în memorie, arde cu fierul roşu, cãrbune (black diamond, carbuncle, coal, embers), cauteriza (burn, cauterize, fire, sear), clasã (bracket, category, class, degree, division, form, form-room, grade, kind, order, rank, rating, school, schoolroom, species, standard), danga (ear-mark, Mark), faclã (torch), înfiera (stigmatize), marca (badge, designate, ear-mark, hall mark, label, Mark, mark out, record, register, say, score, show, stamp, stencil, underline), tãciune aprins, pune o marcã pe o marfã, sabie (broadsword, falchion, scimitar, steel, sword), semn (auspice, badge, Beck, character, denotation, dint, emblem, evidence, Favor, favour, gesture, impress, index, indication, Mark, note, office, portent, print, property, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, signal, splash, spot, symbol, symptom, token, trace, track, vestige, wave), sort (sort, species), spadã (epee, glaive, rapier, sword), stigmat (badge, blemish, flaw, note, stigma), stigmat fãcut cu un fier încins, stigmatiza (badge, denunciate, post, sear, stigmatize), tãciune (blight, canker, cinder, coal, embers, smut), mãlurã (blight, smut). (various references) | |
Russian | сорт товара, фабричная марка (trademark, trades-union-mark), тавро (earmark), клеймо (chop, countermark, earmark, note, seal, stamp, stigma, stigmata, trademark), клеймить марка, головня (fire brand). (various references) | |
Scottish | eadhal (a brand). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrsta (category, class, gamboge, genus, kind, labrador tea, manner, quality, rank, run, sort, species, stripe, type), ugarak (cinder, fire brand, firebrand), sorta (sort, type), pečat (cachet, seal, signet, stamp), marka (make, mark, stamp), žigosati (earmark, sear, stamp, stigmatize), žig (cachet, counter-mark, hallmark, incuse, mark, oil seal, signet, stamp). (various references) | |
Spanish | marca (distinguishing mark, footprint, landmark, make, March, Mark, name tab, note, patent, performance, scratch, seamark, stamp, trademark). (various references) | |
Swedish | brännmärka (burn, post, stigmatize), brännjärn (cautery). (various references) | |
Turkish | buğday pası, lekelemek (asperse, attaint, bastardize, bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, breathe upon, cloud, defile, dirty, discolor, discolour, dishonor, fleck, flecker, maculate, mottle, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spatter, speckle, splodge, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish), dağlamak (cauterize, sear, stigmatize), dağlanarak yapılan iz, damga (cachet, cancellation, earmark, impress, impression, imprint, Mark, marker, print, seal, signature, stamp, stigma), damgalamak (cancel, impress, incuse, Mark, postmark, print, print on, seal, stamp, stigmatize), derin etki bırakmak, ayıp (attaint, blot, blotch, contempt, disgrace, disgraceful, dishonor, dishonour, failing, indecorous, indecorum, inglorious, nasty, obscenities, odium, opprobrious, reproach, reproachful, shame, shame on you, shameful, slur, spot, unmannerly, what a shame), kızgın demir, usul (cut, formality, gently, method, modus, observance, order, practice, procedure, process, quietly, rite, system, technique, usage, way, wise), mantar (athlete's foot, blight, Cork, Corky, fungal, fungoid, fungous, fungus, mushroom, myco-), marka (check, chip, chop, identification mark, imprint, initials, jetton, Mark, stamp, title, token, trademark), markalamak, namus lekesi (stigma), nişan (affiance, badge, betrothal, butt, decoration, device, engagement, ensign, espousal, gong, Mark, medal, order, plume, sign, target), tarz (angle, fashion, form, genre, manner, method, modality, mode, modus, school, stroke, style, way), işlemek (brake, commit, cultivate, discourse, engrave, farm, ferry, forge, function, go, grave, hammer, handle, indwell, instil, instill, operate, penetrate, perform, perpetrate, print, process, run, sink, sink into, stamp, strike, tame, till, travel, treat, work). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tagmalamak (stigmatize), tagma (stigma, strain), daglamak (grill). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | таврувати (burn, cauterize, earmark, note, stigmatize), тавро (stamp), клеймити (earmark), головня, головешка, марка (counter). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vết dấu sắt nung vết nhơ. (various references) | |
Welsh | tewyn (ember), pentewyn (firebrand), nod (aim, mark, note, token), gwarthnodi (stigmatize). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gug, zib. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cauteriatam, character, inscripta, inscriptus, nota, notarent, notas, notate, noto, stigma, stigmare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Epei de egineto o hlioV proV dusmaiV flox egeneto kai idou klibanoV kapnizomenoV kai lampadeV puroV ai dihlqon ana meson twn dicotomhmatwn toutwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cum ergo occubuisset sol facta est caligo tenebrosa et apparuit clibanus fumans et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða ða sunne eode to setle, ða sloh ðær mycel mist, ond ferde swylce an ofen eal smociende, ond leohtberende fyr ferde ofer ða lac. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thanne whan the sunne is gon down, there was maad a derk clowd, and a furneys smekynge aperyde, and a lawmpe of fijr, passynge bitwix tho dyuysiouns. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And it came to pass, that when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Ug nahitabo nga sa pagkasalop na sa adlaw ug mangitngit na, tan-awa, usa ka hudno nga nag-aso ug usa ka sulo nga kalayo, nga miagi sa taliwala sa mga mananap nga pinikas. |
| Chinese | 日 落 天 黑 、 不 料 有 冒 煙 的 爐 、 並 燒 著 的 火 把 、 從 那 些 肉 塊 中 經 過 。 |
| Croatian | Kad je sunce zašlo i pao gust mrak, pojavi se zadimljen žeravnjak i goruæa zublja te proðu izmeðu onih dijelova. |
| Danish | Da Solen var gået ned og Mørket faldet på, viste der sig en rygende Ovn med en flammende Ildslue, der skred frem mellem de sønderskårne Kroppe. |
| Dutch | En het geschiedde, dat de zon onderging en het duister werd, en ziet, daar was een rokende oven en vurige fakkel, die tussen die stukken doorging. |
| Finnish | Ja kun aurinko oli laskenut ja oli tullut pilkkopimeä, näkyi suitsuava pätsi ja liekehtivä tuli, joka liikkui uhrikappaleiden välissä. |
| French | Quand le soleil fut couché, il y eut une obscurité profonde; et voici, ce fut une fournaise fumante, et des flammes passèrent entre les animaux partagés. |
| German | Als nun die Sonne untergegangen und es finster geworden war, siehe, da rauchte ein Ofen, und ein Feuerflamme fuhr zwischen den Stücken hin. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Apre solèy fin kouche, te fè nwa anpil. Epi men li, yon recho ki t'ap fè lafimen ansanm ak yon gwo bwa dife tout limen parèt. Yo pase nan mitan moso vyann bèt yo. |
| Hungarian | És mikor a nap leméne és setétség lõn, ímé egy füstölgõ kemencze, és tüzes fáklya, mely általmegyen vala a húsdarabok között. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika hari sudah malam, tiba-tiba muncul sebuah anglo yang berasap dan obor yang menyala, lalu lewat di antara potongan-potongan daging itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hata, setelah sudah masuk matahari dan malampun telah sampai, sesungguhnya adalah di sana sebuah dapur yang berasap dan sepucuk damar yang bernyala-nyala itu melintas ditengah-tengah segala penggal itu. |
| Italian | Quando, tramontato il sole, si era fatto buio fitto, ecco un forno fumante e una fiaccola ardente passarono in mezzo agli animali divisi. |
| Maori | ¶ Na i te tonga o te ra, no ka pouri, na, ko te oumu paowa, me te rama e ka ana, e tika ana i waenganui o aua porohanga. |
| Norwegian | Da nu solen var gått ned, og det var blitt aldeles mørkt, fikk han se en rykende ovn og en luende ild som for frem mellem kjøttstykkene. |
| Portuguese | Quando o sol já estava posto, e era escuro, eis um fogo fumegante e uma tocha de fogo, que passaram por entre aquelas metades. |
| Rumanian | Dupq ce a asfinyit soarele, s`a fqcut un kntunerec adknc; wi iatq cq a iewit un fum ca dintr`un cuptor, wi niwte flqcqri au trecut printre dobitoacele despicate. |
| Swedish | Då nu solen hade gått ned och det hade blivit alldeles mörkt, syntes en rykande ugn med flammande låga, som for fram mellan styckena. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "brand": branded, brander, branders, brandied, brandies, branding, brandish, brandished, brandishes, brandishing, brands, brandy, brandying. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "brand": firebrand, misbrand, nonbrand. (additional references) | |
Words containing "brand": firebrands, misbranded, misbranding, misbrands, unbranded. (additional references) | |
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"Brand" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bandh, beand, Birjand, bram, brana, branc, branda, Brande, brandr, brane, Brang, brank, brano, Braud, brawd, Brenod, brind, Bronydd, brund, brundt, byrnand, frand, prand, srand. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "brand" (pronounced bra"nd) |
| 4 | -r a" n d | grand, rand, strand. |
| 3 | -a" n d | and, band, banned, bland, canned, command, demand, disband, land, expand, fanned, firsthand, gland, hand, manned, meadowland, misunderstand, offhand, outmanned, panned, planned, remand, sand, scanned, spanned, stand, tanned, understand, unmanned, unplanned, withstand. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-n-r" | |
-1 letter: band, bard, barn, brad, bran, darb, darn, drab, nard, rand. | |
-2 letters: and, arb, bad, ban, bar, bra, dab, nab, rad, ran. | |
-3 letters: ab, ad, an, ar, ba, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-n-r" | |
+1 letter: bander, brands, brandy, riband, roband. | |
+2 letters: armband, banders, bandora, bandore, barding, bartend, birdman, blander, bodhran, bradoon, brained, branded, brander, branned, brigand, broaden, inboard, onboard, proband, ribands, ribband, robands, sandbar, sandbur, unbraid. | |
+3 letters: abradant, abrading, airbound, armbands, bandager, banderol, banditry, bandoras, bandores, bankcard, bannered, bantered, barnyard, bartends, baudrons, bearding, bedarken, bilander, blinkard, boarding, boardman, boardmen, bodhrans, boneyard, boundary, braconid, bradding, bradoons, braiding, branched, branders, brandied, brandies, branding, brandish, brazened, breading, breadnut, brigands, broadens, browband, debonair, drabbing, drabness, endbrain, hairband, hangbird, inboards, landgrab, midbrain, misbrand, nonbrand, probands, rainband, rainbird, rawboned, ribbands, sandbars, sandburr, sandburs, saraband, turbaned, unbarbed, unbarred, unbeared, unbraced, unbraids, unbraked. | |
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