Noun: cognac
| Singular | cognac |
| Plural | cognacs |
Sample Sentences
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Major manufacturers add a small proportion of caramel to color their cognacs.
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Cognac, with the addition of a little paprika and the yolk of an egg, is considered an effective aphrodisiac aid. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 156:]
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We’d have a script meeting for the next day’s shooting that lasted until two in the morning, and he’d be up again at six for a breakfast meeting. I survived on cognac. I have no idea how he did it. [2012, Pete Townshend, Who I Am, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 265:]
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David Mason, Beverage and Bar Manager at St. Regis, describes the complex aromas and layered palate of the cognac thus: “It’s kind of autumn flavors. Really nutty, almondy – kind of fig, plum, dried fruits. But it finishes off really smoothly but with a little bit of tobacco leaf.” [2016 December 16, Peter Shadbolt, “What does a $22,000 cognac actually taste like?”, in CNN:]
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Overall, they added touches of color, shades of green, and a deep cognac color from my design [2025, Jillian Dodd, That Girl:]
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its cognac color a perfect match to the skirt [2005 February 26, Working Mother, page 23:]
Nouns inflected like cognac
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: French Nouns '
cognac'.