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brand new en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbɹæn.n(j)uː/
• /ˈbɹænd ˌn(j)uː/

Etymology

From brand (“firebrand”) + new, implying something that is newly forged (first citation 1570; compare fire-new (“fresh from the fire, brand-new”)). Alternatively, and less likely from brand as in a branding iron (i.e. newly-branded). The first element of the variant bran new, with the post nasal stop deletion common to English (compare the common pronunciation (outside Britain) of hunting as hunning [hʌnɪŋ]), is claimed to be from bran as if from cases where new items were supposedly “packaged up with unwanted grain (bran) in the 18th century to protect the objects during transit” (source unknown). Both variants are well attested.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Utterly new, as new as possible.
   • Dream on white boy / Dream on black girl / And wake up to a brand new day / To find your dreams have washed away 1983, Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence, “Original Sin”, performed by INXS:
   • two pair of bran-new plumpers 1807, Alexander Chalmers, The British Essayists:
   • New bodies, new minds ... and all thinges new, brande-newe 1570, John Foxe (source OED)
   • It's a rough trip no matter how you come, for these washboard roads will loosen up even brandnew cars pretty fast; and hitchhikers always find the going bad. 1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1:
   • I know it's hard to see / All of the brand new possibilities / But if you're here with me / Then we can live, love and / Always be free, can't you see 1977, Brainstorm, “Wake Up and Be Somebody”, in Stormin':
   • He ain't no drag / Papa's got a brand new bag 1965, James Brown, “Papa's Got A Brand New Bag”:
2. (not-comparable, slang) Acting in a way unusual for oneself.
   • Man, quit actin' brand new, bruh. You only being this way 'cause there's a girl.

Forms

Relateds

brand spanking new · spanking new

Synonyms

virginal · green · hot · freshly made · new · mint · brand new · pristine · brand spanking new · virgin · verdurous · red-hot · new-laid · novel · fresh · nascent · unused · newish · all-new · youthful · cherry

Translations (76)

es nuevecito (utterly new) · hu vadonatúj (utterly new) · ko 완전 새 (utterly new) · cmn 簇新 (utterly new) · de nigelnagelneu (utterly new) · ga as an bhfilleadh (utterly new) · fi tuliterä (utterly new) · tg наппа-нав (utterly new) · th ใหม่แกะกล่อง (utterly new) · el ολοκαίνουριος (utterly new) · ca flamant (utterly new) · tk ýap-ýaňy (utterly new) · it nuovo di zecca (utterly new) · no splitter ny (utterly new) · pt zero bala (utterly new) · crh yapyañı (utterly new) · es flamante (utterly new) · af blinknuut (utterly new) · sv splitterny (utterly new) · es recién estrenado (utterly new) · ug يېپيېڭى (utterly new) · fi upouusi (utterly new) · gl novo de todo (utterly new) · ka ახალთახალი (utterly new) · pl prosto spod igły (utterly new) · yue 新簇簇 (utterly new) · de nagelneu (utterly new) · gl novo do trinque (utterly new) · de fabrikneu (utterly new) · ru соверше́нно но́вый (utterly new) · de ganz neu (utterly new) · az yepyeni (utterly new) · es calentito (utterly new) · de brandneu (utterly new) · da splinterny (utterly new) · af splinternuut (utterly new) · eo freŝbakita (utterly new) · fo spildurnýggjur (utterly new) · ca nou de trinca (utterly new) · cmn 嶄新 /崭新 (utterly new) · ga amach ón deil (utterly new) · pa ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਨਵਾਂ (utterly new) · yue 全新 (utterly new) · ga amach ón tsnáthaid (utterly new) · ang ælnīewe (utterly new) · cy newydd sbon (utterly new) · ta புத்தம்புது (utterly new) · de funkelnagelneu (utterly new) · fo sprænnýggjur (utterly new) · fr flambant neuf (utterly new) · cmn 全新 (utterly new) · tr yepisyeni (utterly new) · cv ҫӗп-ҫӗнӗ (utterly new) · te కొత్త కొత్త (utterly new) · vi mới cóng (utterly new) · nl spiksplinternieuw (utterly new) · es nuevo de paquete (utterly new) · ta புத்தம்புதிய (utterly new) · ja 真新しい (utterly new) · gd ùr-nodha (utterly new) · vi mới tinh (utterly new) · hu vadiúj (utterly new) · es calientito (utterly new) · ru с иго́лочки (utterly new) · cs zbrusu nový (utterly new) · es sin estrenar (utterly new) · es nuevo de fábrica (utterly new) · tr yepyeni (utterly new) · la recentissimus (utterly new) · ga úr nua (utterly new) · pt novo em folha (utterly new) · nl gloednieuw (utterly new) · fo brannýggjur (utterly new) · nl splinternieuw (utterly new) · ro nou-nouț (utterly new) · ru но́венький (utterly new)