different between cognac vs alcoholic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.jæk/, /?ko?n.jæk/
• Homophone: konjac

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 color their cognacs.

Translations

See also

• Armagnac

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cognac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k??n?j???]

Noun

cognac c (singular definite cognacen, plural indefinite cognacer)

1. brandy, cognac

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cognac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?j?k/
• Hyphenation: cog?nac
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

cognac m (plural cognacs, diminutive cognacje n)

1. (a glass of) cognac

Derived terms

• cognacglas

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

• IPA^(key): /k?.?ak/

Noun

cognac m (plural cognacs)

1. cognac

Descendants

• Russian: ??????? m (kon?ják)

Further reading

• “cognac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

First attested 1891, from alcohol +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?k

Noun

alcoholic (plural alcoholics)

1. A person addicted to alcohol.
   • 2001, Starsailor, Alcoholic

     Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
     Daddy was an alcoholic
2. One who abuses alcohol.

Synonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Antonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): teetotaler, on the wagon; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler

Translations

See also

• friend of Bill W.

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative more alcoholic, superlative most alcoholic)

1. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
2. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

   He ordered an alcoholic beverage.

   The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.

3. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic

Antonyms

• nonalcoholic

Derived terms

• Alcoholics Anonymous

Related terms

• alcohol

Translations

Anagrams

• colaholic

Interlingua

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative plus alcoholic, superlative le plus alcoholic)

1. alcoholic (containing alcohol)