different between schnapps vs cognac

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnaps.

Alternative forms

• schnaps

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?ps/, /?næps/

• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

schnapps (usually uncountable, plural schnappses)

1. (uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage, often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as apéritif or digestif.
2. (countable) A serving of this beverage.

Translations

See also

Portuguese

Noun

schnapps m (plural schnapps)

1. Alternative spelling of schnaps

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).