champagne
Syllables: cham·pagne/ʃæmˈpeɪn/
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British/ʃamˈpɛjn/
champagne noun: a sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise. Also the alternative form of champaine.
Noun (1)
champagne (countable and uncountable, plural champagnes)
- A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
- 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.1809 April, “Art. 37. Military Promotions; or the Duke and His Dulcinea. A Satirical Poem. 4to. 2s. 6d. Richardson. [book review]”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume...
- "[…] That stuff on the table may be a vehicle for filberts and walnuts, but not for such communications as yours. —Bring me champaigne," he said to the attendant who answered on his summons. The domestic returned, and brought a flask of champaigne, with two large silver cups.1822, [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 197
- Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
- I’ve been saving an excellent Brazilian champagne for a special occasion.
- Of the Reims mountain wines, those of Verzi, Verzenay, Mailli, Bouzy, and St. Basle, are most esteemed; but the Clos St. Thierry furnishes perhaps the finest red Champagne. The name Jolly champagne, under which, at present, a large quantity of the best champagne is sold in the U[nited] States, does...1830, “Champagne”, in Francis Lieber, E. Wigglesworth, editors, Encyclopædia Americana. […], volume III, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Edward Lawrence] Carey & [Abraham] Lea[...], →OCLC, page 58, column 1
- Any sparkling white wine.
- A glass of champagne.
- "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?[…]"2017 April 11, Paul Ewart, quoting Christa Billich, “Fifteen Years on, what Long-term Botox Use Looks Like”, in News.com.au, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2017
- A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
- Suede Leather Hat, in gray, champagne, rose or blue, flower-trimmed.1915 February, “Franklin Simon & Co. [advertisement]”, in Frank Crowninshield, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 3, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Vanity Fair Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 3
- (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).
- Alternative forms: champaine, champain
- Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG).1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 489
Adjective
champagne (not comparable)
- Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
- 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.1962 September 14, “The Champagne Blondes, Vintage ’62: (Go On … Live a Little!) [advertisement]”, in Henry R[obinson] Luce, editor, Life, volume 53, number 11, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Time...
Verb
champagne (third-person singular simple present champagnes, present participle champagning, simple past and past participle champagned)
- To ply or treat with champagne.
- 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.1989, Bruce Babington, Peter William Evans, “‘The Love Parade’: Lubitsch and Romantic Comedy”, in Affairs to Remember: The Hollywood Comedy of the Sexes, Manchester; New York, N.Y.: Manchester...
- To drink champagne.
- 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.1814 April 9, Lord Byron, Thomas Moore, “Letter CLXXIV. To Mr. Moore.”, in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, by Thomas Moore. In Two Volumes, volume I, London: John...
- On one occasion, I was at a meeting of the turf in an hotel after the races, where violent discussions and heavy champagning were going on.1846, Richard Henry Bonnycastle, “Emigrants and Immigration”, in Canada and the Canadians, in 1846. … In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, publisher, […], →OCLC, page 34
Proper noun capitalized: Champagne
Champagne
Noun (2) capitalized: Champagne
Champagne (countable and uncountable, plural Champagnes)
- Alternative form of champagne (“type of sparkling wine made in France”).
Also used as
champagne is also the alternative form of champaine.
champagne meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
champagne in Hindi
- sparkling white wine produced in Champagne
- शैंपेन śa͠ipen
champagne in Marathi
- शॅम्पेन, शॅम्पेइन, शॅम्पेईन
champagne in Urdu
- sparkling white wine produced in Champagne
- شیمپین śaimpen
champagne in Bengali
- sparkling white wine produced in Champagne
- শ্যাম্পেন śêmpen
More languagesFewer languages
- champagne in Telugu
- షాంపైన్, షాంపేన్, షాంపెయిన్
- champagne in Malayalam
- ഷാംപെയ്ൻ ṣāmpeyṉ
- champagne in Kannada
- ಷಾಂಪೇನ್, ಶ್ಯಾಂಪೇನ್, ಷಾಂಪೈನ್
- champagne in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੈਮਪੇਨ śaimpen
- champagne in Gujarati
- શેમ્પેન śempen
- champagne in Odia
- ଶାମ୍ପେନ୍, ଶାମ୍ପେନ, ଚମ୍ପେନ୍
- champagne in Nepali
- श्याम्पेन, शैम्पेन, शेम्पेन
- champagne in Pashto
- شامپاين šāmpāyn
- champagne in Tagalog
- tsampan
- champagne in Arabic
- شَمْبَانْيَا šambānyā
- champagne in Malay
- champagne
- champagne in Indonesian
- sampanye
- champagne in Persian
- شامپاین šâmpâyn
- champagne in Thai
- แชมเปญ chɛɛm-bpeen
- champagne in Vietnamese
- sâm banh
- champagne in Myanmar
- ရှမ်ပိန် hrampin
Examples of champagne in a sentence
- [T]he women will wear cashmeres, and then men will drink champagne.1827, Francis Herbert [pseudonym; William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, and Gulian Crommelin Verplanck], “The Legend of the Devil’s...
- Champagne wine, with its amber hue, it éclat, its sparkle, and its perfume, arouses the senses and produces a cheerfulness which flashes through the company like a spark of electricity.1867, Robert Tomes, chapter XV, in The Champagne Country, New York, N.Y.: Published by [Melancthon M.] Hurd and [Henry Oscar] Houghton...
- The finest champagnes come from the pineau noir, or black Burgundy grape, while the best sparkling hocks are made from the Riesling, […]1875 January 8, “Sparkling Hock”, in The Pall Mall Budget: […], volume XIII, London: [s.n.] […], →OCLC, page 14, column 2:
- Served throughout the meal are sherries, red wines, champagnes, and brandies.1988 May 20, Daniel Santow, “Restaurant tours: You loved the movie, now eat the dinner”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on...
Synonyms of champagne
Forms of champagne
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | champagnes |
| alternative form | Champagne |
| plural | Champagnes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | champagnes |
| present participle | champagning |
| past participle | champagned |
| past | champagned |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Shampine |
Origin of champagne
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.
Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania.
Words formed from champagne
- Champagne mango
- Champagne vinegar
- champagne breakfast
- champagne bucket
- champagne cocktail
- champagne cola
- champagne confetti
- champagne coupe
- champagne flute
- champagne girl
- champagne glass
- champagneless
- champagnelike
- champagne lounge
- champagne music
- champagne pink
- champagne powder
- champagne problem
- champagne room
- champagne socialism
- champagne socialist
- champagne soda
- champagne stirrer
- champagne tap
- champagne taste on a beer billfold
- champagne taste on a beer budget
- champagne taste on a beer pocketbook
- champagne taste on a beer salary
- champagne taste on a beer wallet
- champagne whisk
- champagney
- champagnize
- champansky
- fine champagne
- Jewish champagne
- Lurgan champagne
- Saudi champagne
- Spanish champagne
Phrases with champagne
- champagne taps
- champagne colas
- champagne girls
- champagne rooms
- champagne sodas
- champagne coupes
- champagne flutes
- Champagne mangos
- champagne whisks
- champagne buckets
- champagne glasses
- champagne lounges
12 more phrasesFewer phrases
- champagne problems
- champagne stirrers
- Champagne vinegars
- champagne cocktails
- champagne breakfasts
- champagne socialists
- champagne tastes on beer budgets
- champagne tastes on a beer budget
- champagne tastes on a beer salary
- champagne tastes on a beer wallet
- champagne tastes on a beer billfold
- champagne tastes on a beer pocketbook
Words that rhyme with champagne
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- plane
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- chicane
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- kane
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
- terrain
Questions about champagne
- What does champagne mean?
- Champagne means a sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
- What is champagne in Hindi?
- Champagne in Hindi is शैंपेन (śa͠ipen). See Champagne meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use champagne in a sentence?
- [T]he women will wear cashmeres, and then men will drink champagne.
- What part of speech is champagne?
- Champagne can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce champagne?
- Champagne is pronounced /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of champagne?
- The plural of champagne is champagnes.
Words near champagne in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: champagne (page history and authors); Champagne (page history and authors); champagne (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); champagne (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); champagne (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); champagne (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); champagne (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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