What does "champagne" mean?
Alternative form of champagne (“type of sparkling wine made in France”).
Champagne
/ʃæmˈpeɪn/ adj, name, noun, verb, slang
adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Alternative form of champagne (“type of sparkling wine made in France”).
- Grammar: champagne is listed as adj, name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: bubbly, beige, blond, champ.
- Useful contrasts: cheap, dark color, deep color.
- Usage evidence: I'll take a glass of champagne.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of champagne (“type of sparkling wine made in France”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
- 2 A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise. countable, uncountable
"We suppose that this author has done his best to be satirical; and he may have thought that his subject would have inspired him with all that was smart and piquant: but the plain truth is that the promised champagne turns out to be vapid small beer."
- 3 a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there wordnet
- 4 Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise. countable, informal, uncountable
"I’ve been saving an excellent Brazilian champagne for a special occasion."
- 5 Any sparkling white wine. countable, informal, uncountable
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- 6 A glass of champagne. countable
""I'm not scared of needles, but I certainly don’t like them," she says. "I had a champagne en route to the clinic – maybe two – which I'd probably not recommended, but whatever works, right?[…]""
- 7 A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne. countable
"Suede Leather Hat, in gray, champagne, rose or blue, flower-trimmed."
- 8 (An ordinary occupying) the base of the shield, either flat-topped (like the chief at the top of the shield) or curved (as in a mount or trimount). countable, uncountable
"Alternative forms: champaine, champain"
Verb
- 1 To ply or treat with champagne. transitive
"And equally, the central matter of Henry's infidelities has no actual dramatisation, so that we never see him coming out of a stage door with a Follies girl on his arm, or champagning a debutante, let alone entering a boudoir."
- 2 To drink champagne. intransitive
"We clareted and champagned till two—then supped, and finished with a kind of regency punch composed of madeira, brandy, and green tea, no real water being admitted therein."
Adjective
- 1 Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne. not-comparable
"This is the year! With champagne colors the thing on the fashion scene, Clairol is popping the corks on 4 new Champagne Blondes^®! […] Clairol's Creme Toner is your choice of Champagne color."
- 2 Alternative form of champaine. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"A Point Dexter parted, A Point Champagne, A Point plain, A Point in Point, […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 A cultural region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est region.
- 2 A surname from French.
Example
"I'll take a glass of champagne."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "champagne"?
Common synonyms include: bubbly, beige, blond, champ, champagne-like, champagne-style.
How do you use "champagne" in a sentence?
I'll take a glass of champagne.
How do you pronounce "champagne"?
Pronounced /ʃæmˈpeɪn/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French champagne (“sparkling wine from the Champagne region”), from Champagne (“region and former province of France”), from Late Latin campānia (in full Campānia Rēmēnsis), from campāneus (“of or pertaining to the fields”), from Latin campus (“level ground; field, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). The English word is a doublet of campagna (“flat stretch of countryside”) (dated), campaign, and campania.