brand

A2 Topic:Business & Commerce

US /bɹænd/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #3048

Meanings

1

noun
A name or logo that identifies a company's products or services.

This is one of the most popular brands of coffee.
2

noun
A particular product made by a company.

Some brands of cereal contain a lot of sugar.
3

verb
To describe someone as having a bad quality, often unfairly.

The newspaper branded him a liar.
4

verb
To burn a mark onto an animal to show who owns it.

The ranchers branded the cattle every spring.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a name or logo that... brand nametrademark make

3 verb · to describe someone as... mark

Word family

Forms brandedbrandingbrands

Derived forms brand-ironbrand-namebrand-newbrandablebrandalismbrandcastingbrandificationbrandingbrandironbrandjackingbrandlessbrandlike

Related forms advertising brandish marketingrebrandservicemarktrademark

Common collocations

brand name Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boul; brew”). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Danish brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”).

brand Old English *brand frk *brandaz Proto-Germanic *brinnaną Proto-Germanic *bʰrewh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# brand

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** bɹænd
**Frequency rank:** 3048

## Meanings
1. A name or logo that identifies a company's products or services.
2. A particular product made by a company.
3. To describe someone as having a bad quality, often unfairly.
4. To burn a mark onto an animal to show who owns it.

## Examples
- This is one of the most popular brands of coffee.
- Some brands of cereal contain a lot of sugar.
- The newspaper branded him a liar.
- The ranchers branded the cattle every spring.

## Derived Forms
- brand-iron
- brand-name
- brand-new
- brandable
- brandalism
- brandcasting
- brandification
- branding
- brandiron
- brandjacking
- brandless
- brandlike

## Related Forms
- advertising
- brandish
- marketing
- rebrand
- servicemark
- trademark

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: brand
- Root: *brand
- Root: *brandaz
- Root: *brinnaną
- Root: *bʰrewh₁-

## Etymology
From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boul; brew”). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Danish brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”).

## AI Etymology
Brand comes from Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boul; brew”). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Danish brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”).

## Topics
- Business & Commerce

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