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champagne en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ʃɛmˈpæɪn/ (New-Zealand)
• /ʃæːmˈpæɪn/ (Australia)
• /ʃamˈpɛjn/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ʃamˈpen/ (Scotland)
• shăm-pān'
• /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (General-American) audio
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (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 Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 95:
2. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of champaine.
   alt of champaine
   • A Point Dexter parted, A Point Champagne, A Point plain, A Point in Point, […] 1726, John Guillim, The banner display'd: or, An abridgment of Guillim by S. Kent, page 31:

Translations (3)

nl champagne (of a very pale brownish-gold colour) · el σαμπανιζέ (of a very pale brownish-gold colour) · nl champagnekleurig (of a very pale brownish-gold colour)

champagne en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ʃɛmˈpæɪn/ (New-Zealand)
• /ʃæːmˈpæɪn/ (Australia)
• /ʃamˈpɛjn/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ʃamˈpen/ (Scotland)
• shăm-pān'
• /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (General-American) audio
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
   • 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. At the magic word, Champagne! the guests, dull and torpid with good feeding, awake at once. 1867, Robert Tomes, chapter XV, in The Champagne Country, New York, N.Y.: Published by [Melancthon M.] Hurd and [Henry Oscar] Houghton, […], →OCLC, page 173:
   • 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 15 Jul 2018:
   • "[…] 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:
   • The principal difference between champagnes and sparkling hocks designed for the English market consists in the former being made almost exclusively from red grapes, pressed immediately they are gathered, and not allowed to ferment in their skins, while the latter are made from white grapes alone. 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:
   • 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 LVIII, London: Sold by T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, page 439:
   • [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 Pulpit”, in The Talisman for MDCCCXXVIII, New York, N.Y.: Elam Bliss, […], →OCLC, page 284:
   • As with a solo cello, a single-vineyard champagne highlights the virtuosity of the performer (whether it's the producer or the site). A vintage champagne demonstrates the singular personality of the year, while a great blended champagne such as Krug's Grand Cuvée expresses a multifaceted, encompassing experience akin to the London Symphony Orchestra playing [Pyotr Ilyich] Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 6, leveraging its components to create something larger than each of them represents individually. 2017, Peter Liem, Kate Leahy, “The Primacy of Place”, in Champagne: The Essential Guide to the Wines, Producers, and Terroirs of the Iconic Region, Calif.; N.Y.: Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, part 1 (Understanding Champagne), page 11:
2. (countable, informal, uncountable) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
   • Great Western Champagne […] Produced by the old French slow method of fermentation in the bottle taking from six to seven years of time. Great Western is the Only American Champagne ever awarded a Gold Medal at Foreign Expositions. […] Oldest and largest producers of Champagne in America. 1915 May, “Great Western Champagne [advertisement]”, in Frank Crowninshield, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 4, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Vanity Fair Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 96:
   • 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 not originate from a place in Champagne, but from an owner of extensive vineyards in that province, who exports much champagne to the U. States. 1830, “Champagne”, in Francis Lieber, E. Wigglesworth, editors, Encyclopædia Americana. […], volume III, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Edward Lawrence] Carey & [Abraham] Lea[...], →OCLC, page 58, column 1:
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) Any sparkling white wine.
4. (countable) 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:
5. (countable) 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:
6. (countable, uncountable) (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).
   • […] on a champagne in base gules a wyvern, wings expanded or (for Vandalia); on the centre of the cross a quartered shield:[…] 1915, Guy Cadogan Rothery, A. B. C. of Heraldry, page 277:
   • 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:
   • Alternative forms: champaine, champain

Forms

Coordinates

cava · terrace · prosecco · spumante · mousseux · crémant

Deriveds

champagne girl · champagne coupe · champagne whisk · Champagne mango · Saudi champagne · champagne confetti · champagne breakfast · champagne pink · champagne socialism · Champagne vinegar · champagne stirrer · champagne cola · champagne glass · champagneless · champagnelike · fine champagne · champagne taste on a beer pocketbook · champagne soda · champagne taste on a beer wallet · champagne problem · champagne tap · champagne taste on a beer budget · champansky · champagne lounge · champagne bucket · champagney · champagne socialist · champagnize · champagne taste on a beer billfold · champagne room · champagne cocktail · champagne powder · champagne music · Spanish champagne · Jewish champagne · champagne taste on a beer salary · Lurgan champagne · champagne flute

Hyponyms

Bolly · champansky

Relateds

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

Synonyms

champers · champ · shammy · bubbly · shampoo · poo · sham · fizz

Translations (135)

ru шампа́нское (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · fi samppanja (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · it sciampagna (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ga seaimpéin (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ast xampán (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · mk чаша шампа́нско (glass of champagne) · sk šampanské (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · mk шампањ (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ky шампан (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · et šampanja (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · nb sjampanje (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · bg шампа́нско (colour) · et šampus (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · bg шампа́нско (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · nb champagne (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · de Schaumwein (any sparkling white wine) · gu શેમ્પેન (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · tg маи шампан (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · bg шампа́нско (any sparkling white wine) · fr mousseux (any sparkling white wine) · mn шянбинь (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · lv šampanietis (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · de Champagnerwein (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ja シャンペン (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · tg шампан (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · cy siampaen (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · yi שאַמפּאַניער (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · hak 香檳 /香槟 (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · mn шампанск (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · de Sekt (any sparkling white wine) · pt champanha (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · kk шампан (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · fi samppanja (glass of champagne) · sl šampanjec (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · mi hāmupeina (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · tl tsampan (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · rsk шампаньске (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · es champán (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · eu xanpaina (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · lt šampanas (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ast xampán (any sparkling white wine) · ky шампанское (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · nl schuimwijn (any sparkling white wine) · nl champagne (colour) · hu pezsgő (colour) · kk шампан шарабы (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · is kampavín (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · bn শ্যাম্পেন (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · kk аққайнар (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ru игри́стое вино́ (any sparkling white wine) · ar شَمْبَانْيَا (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · sh šampánjac (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · tt шампан (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · he שַׁמְפַּנְיָה (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · cs šumivé víno (any sparkling white wine) · kmr şampanya (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · uz shampanskiy (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · fi samppanja (any sparkling white wine) · sh шампа́њац (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · fa شامپاین (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · sv champagne (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · uz shampan (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · vi sâm banh (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · km សំប៉ាញ (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · hi शैंपेन (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · an champán (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · be шампа́нскае (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · yue 香檳 /香槟 (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · my ရှမ်ပိန် (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ug شامپان (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · fo sjampanja (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · fr champagne (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · nl champagnekleur (colour) · hu pezsgő (any sparkling white wine) · rsk шампань (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · es champaña (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ro pahar de șampanie (glass of champagne) · eo ĉampano (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · hu pezsgő (glass of champagne) · it champagne (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · uk шампа́нське (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · uz shampan vinosi (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · pa ਸ਼ੈਮਪੇਨ (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · az şampan şərabı (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ro șampanie (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · pt champagne (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · sw shampeni (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ps شامپاين (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · hy շամպայն (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · tr şampanya (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · tk şampan (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · nrf champangne (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · pt champanhe (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · de Champagner (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · id sampanye (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ca xampany (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · hu pezsgő (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · sk šumivé víno (any sparkling white wine) · pl szampan (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · cv шампанское (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · nl champagne (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · el αφρώδης οίνος (any sparkling white wine) · ko 샴페인 (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ml ഷാംപെയ്ൻ (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · hy շամպայն (any sparkling white wine) · cs šampaňské (glass of champagne) · mk пенливо вино (any sparkling white wine) · az şampan (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · th แชมเปญ (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · fi samppanja (colour) · ro șampanie (glass of champagne) · cs šampaňské (any sparkling white wine) · sq shampanjë (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · cs šampaňské (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · rsk шампанєц (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · vo Jampänavin (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · da champagne (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · cmn 香檳 /香槟 (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · nn sjampanje (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ka შამპანური (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · ur شیمپین (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · nn champagne (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · bg пенливо вино (any sparkling white wine) · ja シャンパン色 (colour) · ms champagne (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · cmn 香檳酒 /香槟酒 (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · fi kuohuviini (any sparkling white wine) · bg чаша шампа́нско (glass of champagne) · de Sekt (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · cmn 香檳酒 /香槟酒 (any sparkling white wine) · ja シャンパン (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · gl champaña (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · el σαμπάνια (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne) · fr crémant (any sparkling white wine) · bo ཤམ་ཕེན་ཆང་ (sparkling white wine produced in Champagne)

wikidata: Q134862

champagne en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ʃɛmˈpæɪn/ (New-Zealand)
• /ʃæːmˈpæɪn/ (Australia)
• /ʃamˈpɛjn/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ʃamˈpen/ (Scotland)
• shăm-pān'
• /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (General-American) audio
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) 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 University Press, →ISBN, page 88:
2. (intransitive) To drink champagne.
   • 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:
   • 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 Murray, […], published 1830, →OCLC, page 540:

Forms

Translations (1)

bg пия шампа́нско (to drink champagne)