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Word entry · 6 letters

cognac

Best crossword clue

"Charente brandy"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɒn.jæk/Sorted accgnoStarts with CEnds with C2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Cognac is a type of brandy that is distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

Word 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.

Used in a sentence

  • Major manufacturers add a small proportion of caramel to color their cognacs.
  • Cognac, with the addition of a little paprika and the yolk of an egg, is considered an effective aphrodisiac aid.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Charente brandy6 letters
02French brandy6 letters

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