champagne
noun
the sparkling, dry, white table wine from the region of Champagne in France.
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champagne
1 American
[sham-payn]
/ ʃæmˈpeɪn /
noun
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champagnes
plural
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(initial capital letter) the sparkling, dry, white table wine from the region of Champagne in France.
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a similar sparkling wine produced elsewhere.
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(formerly) the nonsparkling, dry, white table wine produced in the region of Champagne in France.
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a very pale yellow or greenish-yellow color.
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anything considered the best or luxurious.
adjective
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having the color of champagne.
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luxurious or expensive.
champagne tastes.
Champagne
2
American
[sham-payn, shahn -pan-yuh]
/ ʃæmˈpeɪn, ʃɑ̃ˈpan jə /
noun
champagne
British
/ ʃæmˈpeɪn /
noun
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(sometimes capital) a white sparkling wine produced around Reims and Epernay, France
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(loosely) any effervescent white wine
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a colour varying from a pale orange-yellow to a greyish-yellow
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( as adjective )
a champagne carpet
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(modifier) denoting a luxurious lifestyle
a champagne capitalist
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of champagne
First recorded in 1655–65; after Champagne
Explanation
Champagne is a bubbly white wine that people often drink to celebrate happy occasions. When you pull the cork out of a bottle of champagne, it makes a loud pop. Traditionally, the sparkling wine known as champagne came from a specific region of France and was made from certain grapes grown there. Some people now call any sparkling wine champagne, but most champagnes are made following certain rules and traditions. A champagne glass is called a flute, and it's tall and narrow with a long stem. The word champagne is short for vin de Champagne, "wine made in Champagne."
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As dusk settled, Stupnikov stood in a circle with other newly minted officers holding, per Russian military tradition, a combat helmet filled with champagne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
There was supposed to be more champagne, a trophy to raise, and the first World Series three-peat by a National League team to jot down in the history books.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“There is no more talented team than the Los Angeles Dodgers,” Roberts told his players amid clubhouse floods of champagne and beer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
But after 58 years Wakefield have got to sip champagne after the final hooter in Manchester.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
They were hands meant for turning pages, uncorking champagne bottles.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
His background can only be termed motley—he was variously a medical student, an opera singer, a stage actor, a Champagne importer, a film actor and, finally, a motion-picture director.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The appellation Champagne includes 319 localities to the east of Paris where the soil and climatic conditions were suited to producing the three varieties of grapes used in making the sparkling wine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Champagne, Cava or Crémant are all excellent choices, their bright acidity making them particularly agreeable partners for creamy chowders and hearty stews.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Musk could buy all of Moet & Chandon’s Champagne production for the next 666 years or so.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Someone who was not a dog or a clairvoyant told the police the painting was on the steamship La Champagne, headed for South America.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
"If they do, I have no choice but to charge a 100 percent tariff on all champagnes and all wines coming out of France," he was quoted as saying.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
This is led by France's champagnes, where the vast majority of those produced have always been non-vintage.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
According to The American Menu archives, a 1903 Café Martin menu advertised 69 champagnes; it was aggressively promoted at late-night suppers and celebrations.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2022
Cristal's 2012 and 2013 champagnes were the most-traded bottles of the year overall, LiveTrade said, followed by leading fine wine, the 6,450-a-bottle Lafite Rothschild 2014.
From Reuters ● Dec. 24, 2021
A considerable portion of their stock consists of reserves of old wine, and we tasted here a variety of samples of finely-matured champagnes of 1868 and ’70, as well as the vintages of 1872 and ’74.
From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Henry Vizetelly
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