1590s, Coniacke, "wine produced in Cognac," the region in western France. The sense of "brandy" is 1755, shortened from 17c. cognac brandy, which was distilled from cognac wine. The place name is from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the personal name Cominius and the Gallo-Roman suffix -acum.
例文
1. Cognac is also used to macerate and flavour ingredients and casseroles.
ドライブインブランデーも食材を浸漬し、土鍋シチューの味を引き立てるために使用されています。
2.A little cognac slopped over the edge of the glass.
グラスにブランデーが少し溢れています。/
3.Phillips ordered a cognac .
フィリップスは乾燥ブランデーを注文した。
4.A cognac before bed is one of our little nightly rituals.