English

Proper noun

Cognac

1. A city in the Charente département of France, famous for cognac brandy.

English

Noun

cognac ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cognacs)

1. A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

   Major manufacturers add a small proportion of caramel to colour their cognacs.

Translations

See also

• Armagnac

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cog‧nac

Etymology

Borrowing from French cognac

Noun

cognac m ‎(plural cognacs, diminutive cognacje n)

1. (a glass of) cognac

French

Etymology

The city's name is from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum. The gens Cominius is an Italic family name; see Cominia for further details.

Pronunciation

Noun

cognac m ‎(plural cognacs)

1. cognac

Descendants

• Russian: конья́к m ‎(konʹják)