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μπράντι
brandy /braˈndi/
nounC1#3357 most common
Example sentences
Θέλω ένα μπράντι, παρακαλώ.
I want a brandy, please.
Το μπράντι είναι δυνατό ποτό.
Brandy is a strong drink.
Ο παππούς μου πίνει ένα ποτήρι μπράντι κάθε βράδυ.
My grandfather drinks a glass of brandy every evening.
Το κέικ έχει λίγο μπράντι μέσα για γεύση.
The cake has a little brandy in it for flavor.
Το παλιό μπράντι που κρατούσαν στο κελάρι είχε ωριμάσει για δεκαετίες.
The old brandy they kept in the cellar had aged for decades.
Η σομελιέ ξεχώρισε τις αποχρώσεις βανίλιας και δρυός σε αυτό το μπράντι παλαιωμένο σε βαρέλια.
The sommelier picked out notes of vanilla and oak in this barrel-aged brandy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το μπράντι | τα μπράντι |
| Genitive | του μπράντι | των μπράντι |
| Accusative | το μπράντι | τα μπράντι |
| Vocative | μπράντι | μπράντι |
Word family
κονιάκcognac, a related distilled spirit
ουίσκιwhisky, another imported spirit nameποτόdrink, beverage (often alcoholic)κρασίwine, the base drink brandy is distilled from
Etymology
Μπράντι is a direct loan from English "brandy", adopted into Greek in the twentieth century along with the drink itself. English "brandy" is a shortened form of "brandy-wine", which came from Dutch "brandewijn", literally "burnt wine", referring to wine that had been distilled, or "burned", to concentrate it. Greek simply took the English word and fitted it to its own sound system, keeping it as an indeclinable neuter noun like many other imported drink and food terms.
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