brandon
French, noun/bʁɑ̃.dɔ̃/
brandon is spelled B-R-A-N-D-O-N (7 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brandon is a French masculine noun meaning “firebrand; torch made of twisted straw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Torche de paille ou de papier que l’on enflamme pour s’éclairer ou pour allumer un feu”.
What does brandon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirebrand; torch made of twisted straw
- 2
masculineloose, burning material from a fire
- 3
masculinefirebrand (someone or something that is a source of trouble)
un brandon de discorde
- 4
masculinestraw at the end of a staff placed at the corner of a field to indicate the juridical seizure of a crop
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Torche de paille ou de papier que l’on enflamme pour s’éclairer ou pour allumer un feu. 2. Corps enflammés qui s’élèvent d’un incendie et peuvent créer des foyers secondaires par saute. 3. Ce qui provoque des troubles. 4. Paille tortillée au bout d’un bâton qu’on plantait aux extrémités d’un champ pour indiquer que la récolte avait été saisie judiciairement.
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 brandon
- brandons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brandon?
- /bʁɑ̃.dɔ̃/
- \bʁɑ̃.dɔ̃\
- [bʁɑ̃.dɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brandon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brandon in French?
brandon appears 4.5 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).