different between cognac vs armagnac

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

Noun

armagnac (countable and uncountable, plural armagnacs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Armagnac

Finnish

Noun

armagnac

1. (rare) Synonym of armanjakki (type of brandy).

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

armagnac m (plural armagnacs)

1. Armagnac (brandy)

Descendants

• ? Italian: armagnac

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From French armagnac.

Noun

armagnac m (invariable)

1. Armagnac (brandy)

Further reading

• armagnac in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Noun

armagnac m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of armanhaque