noun · countable / uncountable · rare

cognac

cognac · cognacs

коньяк

Kognak

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

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/ˈkɒn.jæk/

» Can I offer you some cognac?

Я можу тобі запропонувати трохи коньяку?

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.
Major manufacturers add a small proportion of caramel to color their cognacs.
Kognak
конья́кkonʹják
конья́кkonʹják
high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France
(countable, uncountable)A dark orangish brown color.

Examples

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Can I offer you some cognac?
Я можу тобі запропонувати трохи коньяку? — deniko
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Tom often drinks cognac.
ruТом часто пьёт коньяк. — Wezel
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Let's drink some cognac.
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Tom likes cognac.
deTom trinkt gerne Cognac. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom drank cognac.
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Origin

Borrowed from French cognac, from Cognac, a city in France, from Medieval Latin Comniacum,

Borrowed from French cognac, from Cognac, a city in France, from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum, from Proto-Celtic *-ākom.

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