name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkɒn.jæk/
/ˈkəʊn.jæk/
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homophone: konjac
CMU ARPABET:K OW1 N Y AE2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:K AA1 N Y AE2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A city and commune of Charente department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of cognac (brandy from Cognac).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Major manufacturers add a small proportion of caramel to color their cognacs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brandy
History
Etymology
From French Cognac, from Occitan Conhac, from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius, Cominia + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum (from Latin -ācea).
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.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
كُونْيَاك
(kūnyāk)
— city
Bulgarian:
Коня́к
(Konják)
— city
Catalan:
Cognac
— city
Catalan:
Conyac
— city
Chinese Cantonese:
干邑
(gon1 jap1)
— city
Chinese Mandarin:
科尼亞克 /科尼亚克
(Kēníyàkè)
— city
Chinese Mandarin:
干邑
(gānyì)
— city
Dutch:
Cognac
— city
French:
Cognac
— city
Greek:
Κονιάκ
(Koniák)
— city
Japanese:
コニャック
(Konyakku)
— city
Korean:
코냐크
(Konyakeu)
— city
Occitan:
Conhac
— city
Poitevin-Saintongeais:
Cougnat
— city
Polish:
Cognac
— city
Ukrainian:
Коньяк
(Konʹjak)
— city
Arabic:
كُونْيَاك
(konyāk)
— type of brandy
Armenian:
կոնյակ
(konyak)
— type of brandy
Belarusian:
канья́к
(kanʹják)
— type of brandy
Bulgarian:
коня́к
(konják)
— type of brandy
Catalan:
conyac
— type of brandy
Chinese Mandarin:
干邑
(gānyì)
— type of brandy
Chinese Mandarin:
干邑白蘭地 /干邑白兰地
(gānyì báilándì)
— type of brandy
