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Cognac
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cognac
English
Etymology
From en fr Cognac, from en oc Conhac, from en la-med Comniacum, from the name la Cominius, Cominia gens Cominia + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum (from en la -ācea).
thumb|Cognac from the sky
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Cognac.wav US
Proper noun
+ (commune)
en Q285en city/and/commune dept/Charente r:pref/Nouvelle-Aquitaine c/France; famous for cognac brandy.
en cognac (brandy from Cognac).
The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish 152-153 152 I confess that since Madame X left meHousekeeping Anarchy had reigned o’er my Putney domicile, so my porcelain throne has long been my de facto office seat. A decent Cognac sits under the ball-gowned lavatory-roll cover, and I leave the door open so I can hear the kitchen radio.
Derived terms
en cognac
Translations
city
Arabic: ar كُونْيَاك
Bulgarian: bg Коня́к m
Catalan: ca Cognac m, ca Conyac m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 干邑
Mandarin: cmn 科尼亞克 Kēníyàkè, cmn 干邑
Dutch: nl Cognac n
French: fr Cognac m
Greek: el Κονιάκ
Japanese: ja コニャック Konyakku
Korean: ko ^코냐크
Occitan: oc Conhac m
Poitevin-Saintongeais: roa-poi Cougnat m
Polish: pl Cognac m
Ukrainian: uk Коньяк
French
Etymology
From fr la-med Comniacum, from the name la Cominius + Gallo-Roman suffix la -acum, from fr cel-pro *-ākos *-ākom. The gens Cominius is an fr itc family name; see Cominia gens Cominia for further details.
Pronunciation
fr Fr-Paris--Cognac.ogg Paris
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cognac.wav
Proper noun
m
fr Cognac Q285
Derived terms
fr Cognaçais
fr cognaçais
fr cognac
German
Pronunciation
de De-Cognac.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,,s
de Kognak
Declension
m,,s