champagne

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
2. (countable, informal, uncountable) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) Any sparkling white wine.
4. (countable) A glass of champagne.
5. (countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
6. (countable, uncountable) (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).

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
2. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of champaine.

Verb

1. (transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.
2. (intransitive) To drink champagne.

Synonyms

fizz

bubbly

sparkling wine

digging

extravagant

jonquil

luxurious

pale yellow

poo

shampoo

straw-coloured

widow

Champagne

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Cava

greenish-yellow color

pale brownish-gold color

cava

Catalan champagne

terrace in base

champaine

bub

shapourne

chammy

champion

Translations

champagne

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Champagner

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champaña

champagne

champán

champagne

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xampany

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Sekt

champanha

champanhe

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σαμπάνια

spumante

sciampagna

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cava

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃæmˈpeɪn/

Etymology

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.