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champagne.

A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃæmˈpeɪn/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ʃamˈpɛjn/British, Southern, Standard/ʃæːmˈpæɪn/Australia/ʃɛmˈpæɪn/New-Zealand

  1. A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.

    countable · uncountable

  2. Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.

    countable · informal · uncountable
    I’ve been saving an excellent Brazilian champagne for a special occasion.

  3. Any sparkling white wine.

    countable · informal · uncountable

  4. A glass of champagne.

    countable

  5. A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

    countable

  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).

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/ʃæmˈpeɪn/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ʃamˈpɛjn/British, Southern, Standard/ʃæːmˈpæɪn/Australia/ʃɛmˈpæɪn/New-Zealand

  1. Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

    not-comparable

  2. Alternative form of champaine.

    alt-of · alternative · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ʃæmˈpeɪn/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ʃamˈpɛjn/British, Southern, Standard/ʃæːmˈpæɪn/Australia/ʃɛmˈpæɪn/New-Zealand

  1. To ply or treat with champagne.

    transitive

  2. To drink champagne.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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