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brand new
- /ˈbɹænd ˌn(j)uː/
- /ˈbɹæn.n(j)uː/
Where it comes from
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.
adjective brand-new · bran new · bran-new · brent new · brank new
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Utterly new, as new as possible.
New bodies, new minds ... and all thinges new, brande-newe
Similar: new, all-new, brand new, brand spanking new, cherry, fresh, freshly made, green, hot, mint, nascent, newish
- Acting in a way unusual for oneself. Man, quit actin' brand new, bruh. You only being this way 'cause there's a girl.
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adj utterly new
| Español | recién estrenado, sin estrenar, flamante, nuevecito, nuevo de paquete, nuevo de fábrica |
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| 한국어 | 완전 새 wanjeon sae |
| 日本語 | 真新しい maatarashii |
| 中文 | 全新 quánxīn, 嶄新 /崭新 zhǎnxīn, 簇新 cùxīn |
| Português | novo em folha, zero bala |
| Français | flambant neuf |
| Deutsch | funkelnagelneu, nagelneu, brandneu, ganz neu, fabrikneu, nigelnagelneu |
| Italiano | nuovo di zecca |
| Ελληνικά | ολοκαίνουριος olokaínourios |
| Română | nou-nouț |
| Русский | с иго́лочки s igóločki, но́венький nóvenʹkij, соверше́нно но́вый soveršénno nóvyj |
| Tiếng Việt | mới tinh, mới cóng |
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title = {brand new},
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