different between pisco vs cognac

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun

pisco (countable and uncountable, plural piscos)

1. A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.

Translations

Derived terms

• pisco sour

Further reading

• pisco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• COIPs, Picos

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun

pisco m (plural piscos)

1. pisco

Galician

Etymology

From Back-formation from piscar (“to blink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pisk?]

Noun

pisco m (plural piscos)

1. robin, European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

   Synonyms: paporroibo, paifoco

2. a bit

   Synonym: chisco

References

• “pisco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pisco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pisco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Verb

pisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of piscar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pisko/, [?pis.ko]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun

pisco m (plural piscos, feminine pisca, feminine plural piscas)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela) turkey (bird)

   Synonyms: pavo, (Mexico, Central America) chompipe, (Mexico, Central America) guajolote, (Cuba) guanajo

Etymology 2

From the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun

pisco m (plural piscos)

1. pisco

References

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).