champagne

[sham-peyn]

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noun

(initial capital letter) the sparkling, dry, white table wine from the region of Champagne in France.

a similar sparkling wine produced elsewhere.

(formerly) the nonsparkling, dry, white table wine produced in the region of Champagne in France.

a very pale yellow or greenish-yellow color.

anything considered the best or luxurious.

adjective

having the color of champagne.

luxurious or expensive: champagne tastes.

Origin of champagne

First recorded in 1655–65; after Champagne

Can be confusedchampagne champaign

Champagne

[sham-peyn; French shahn-pan-yuh]

noun

a region and former province in NE France.

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Related Words for champagne

bubbly, wine

Examples from the Web for champagne

Contemporary Examples of champagne

His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, Champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.
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Bill Schulz
December 31, 2014
Take one part Kim Kardashian, perhaps our most polarizing superstar, and add oil and champagne.
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Kevin O’Keeffe
December 29, 2014
Champagne, which is also acidic, offers a nice complement to anything from tuna tartare to beef bourguignon.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong
Kayleigh Kulp
December 20, 2014
Champagne should be fun and you should savor every moment of it.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong
Kayleigh Kulp
December 20, 2014
That means that Champagne is fermented a second time in the bottle when sealed closed, which naturally produces the bubbles.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong
Kayleigh Kulp
December 20, 2014

Historical Examples of champagne

Much of it, apparently, he will convert into that champagne he now drinks.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
The scent of a big item was in his nostrils, and it stimulated him like champagne.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
We'll have a champagne supper, with cider for champagne, eh, dad?
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force
Sir Winston S. Churchill
You will taste some of the sofas and tables to-day in his champagne.
Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for champagne

champagne

noun

(sometimes capital) a white sparkling wine produced around Reims and Epernay, France

(loosely) any effervescent white wine

a colour varying from a pale orange-yellow to a greyish-yellow
(as adjective)a champagne carpet

(modifier) denoting a luxurious lifestylea champagne capitalist

Word Origin for champagne

from Champagne, a region of NE France

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Word Origin and History for champagne

1660s, from French, short for vin de Champagne "wine made in Champagne," former province in northwest France, literally "open country" (see campaign (n.)). Originally any wine from this region, focused to the modern meaning late 18c.