English Explanatory Dictionary

Champagne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.
noun
  1. Alternative form of champagne (“type of sparkling wine made in France”).
noun
  1. A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
  2. Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
  3. Any sparkling white wine.
  4. A glass of champagne.
  5. A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
  6. (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. Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
  2. Alternative form of champaine.
verb
  1. To ply or treat with champagne.
  2. To drink champagne.

Pronunciation

shăm-pān' /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ en-us-champagne.ogg en-au-champagne.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-champagne.wav

Word forms

Champagne Shampine Champagnes champagning champagned

Etymology

Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania.

Synonyms

bubbly champ champers fizz shampoo sham poo shammy

Related words

Champenois black velvet brut buck's fizz cold duck demi-sec doux May wine mimosa sabrage Salmanazar sec sparkling wine

Derived words

champagne champagne breakfast champagne bucket champagne cocktail champagne cola champagne confetti champagne coupe champagne flute champagne girl champagne glass champagneless champagnelike champagne lounge champagne mango 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 vinegar champagne whisk champagney champagnize champansky fine champagne Jewish champagne Lurgan champagne Saudi champagne Spanish champagne

Translations

Albanian: shampanjë Arabic: شَمْبَانْيَا Aragonese: champán Armenian: շամպայն Asturian: xampán Azerbaijani: şampan Azerbaijani: şampan şərabı Basque: xanpaina Belarusian: шампа́нскае Bengali: শ্যাম্পেন Bulgarian: шампа́нско Burmese: ရှမ်ပိန် Catalan: xampany Chinese Cantonese: 香檳 /香槟 Hakka Chinese: 香檳 /香槟 Chinese Mandarin: 香檳酒 /香槟酒 Chinese Mandarin: 香檳 /香槟 Chuvash: шампанское Czech: šampaňské Danish: champagne Dutch: champagne Esperanto: ĉampano Estonian: šampanja Estonian: šampus Faroese: sjampanja Finnish: samppanja French: champagne Galician: champaña Georgian: შამპანური German: Champagner German: Sekt Greek: σαμπάνια Gujarati: શેમ્પેન Hebrew: שַׁמְפַּנְיָה Hindi: शैंपेन Hungarian: pezsgő Icelandic: kampavín Indonesian: sampanye Irish: seaimpéin Italian: champagne Italian: sciampagna Japanese: シャンパン Japanese: シャンペン Kazakh: шампан Kazakh: шампан шарабы Kazakh: аққайнар Khmer: សំប៉ាញ Korean: 샴페인
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