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Added 7 October 2026

brand

/ˈbɹænd/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about brand at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A name given to a product or service.
A recognizable kind.
there's a new brand of hero in the movies now
Identification mark on skin, made by burning.

verb

Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals.
To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful.
He denounced the government action
Mark with a brand or trademark.
when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price

Origin

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 boil; 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”).

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