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Armagnac

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A region and former county of the duchy of Gascony in modern-day France.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

A party prominent in French politics and warfare during the Hundred Years' War.

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noun

Meaning 3

A brandy made in the region of Armagnac.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of Armagnac.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: brandy

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French Armagnac.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: Арманя́к (Armanják) — region
  • Catalan: Armanyac — region
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿馬尼亞克 /阿马尼亚克 (Āmǎníyàkè) — region
  • French: Armagnac — region
  • Japanese: アルマニャック (Arumanyakku) — region
  • Polish: Armagnac — region
  • Portuguese: Armagnac — region
  • Russian: Арманья́к (Armanʹják) — region
  • Spanish: Armañac — region
  • Bulgarian: арманя́к (armanják) — brandy
  • Catalan: armanyac — brandy
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雅文邑 (ngaa5 man4 jap1) — brandy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雅文邑 (yǎwényì) — brandy
  • Czech: armaňak — brandy
  • Finnish: armanjakki — brandy
  • Galician: armañac — brandy
  • Japanese: アルマニャック (arumanyakku) — brandy
  • Polish: armaniak — brandy
  • Portuguese: armanhaque — brandy
  • Portuguese: armagnac — brandy
  • Portuguese: Armagnac — brandy
  • Russian: арманья́к (armanʹják) — brandy
  • Spanish: armañac — brandy
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