brand

Meaning

Noun

1. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
2. A branding iron.
3. The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
4. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
5. (broadly) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
6. The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
7. A mark of infamy; stigma.
8. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
9. (Northern-England, Scotland) A torch used for signaling.
10. (obsolete, rare) A flame.
11. (obsolete, rare) A conflagration.
12. (archaic, poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.
13. (archaic) A sword.

Verb

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

Synonyms

mark

trademark

stamp

make

stigma

spot

stigmatize

brand name

kind

sign

burn

firebrand

branding iron

label

🏷️

marque

trade name

stain

stigmatise

earmark

sword

grade

sort

torch

trade mark

characteristic

quality

marking

signal

name

token

variety

steel

flag

fire-brand

character

seal

🦭

score

badge

ember

cauterise

scar

post

logo

designate

impress

imprint

denounce

blade

iron

brandmark

Translations

marque

marca

Marke

marchio

merk

marca

marquer

marca

brandmerk

Brandzeichen

Brandmal

μάρκα

flétrir

brandmarken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹænd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: brand

Inherited from Old English: brand

Cognate with Scots: brand

Cognate with Western Frisian: brân

Cognate with Dutch: brand

Cognate with German: Brand

Cognate with Swedish: brand

Cognate with Icelandic: brandur

Cognate with French: brand

In summary

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”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”).
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”).

Sentences

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