brandir
French, verb/bʁɑ̃.diʁ/
brandir is spelled B-R-A-N-D-I-R (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brandir is a French verb meaning “to brandish (a weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agiter dans sa main une arme, comme si on se préparait à frapper”.
What does brandir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brandish (a weapon)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Agiter dans sa main une arme, comme si on se préparait à frapper. 2. Ériger une chose de façon ostentatoire. 3. Affermir deux pièces de bois l’une contre l’autre, sans qu’elles soient entaillées, ce qui se fait au moyen d’une cheville qui les traverse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brandir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- brandissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- brandi participle past
- brandis first-person indicative present
- brandit indicative present singular
- brandissons first-person indicative plural
- brandissez indicative plural present
- brandissent indicative plural present
- brandissais first-person imperfect indicative
- brandissait imperfect indicative singular
- brandissions first-person imperfect indicative
- brandissiez imperfect indicative plural
- brandissaient imperfect indicative plural
- brandîmes first-person historic indicative
- brandîtes historic indicative past
- brandirent historic indicative past
- brandirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brandir?
- /bʁɑ̃.diʁ/
- \bʁɑ̃.diʁ\
- [bʁɑ̃.diʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brandir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brandir in French?
brandir appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).