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Added 10 October 2026

cognac

/ˈkɒn.jæk/ noun

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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.
A dark orangish brown color.
cognac:

Origin

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

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