English

Proper noun

Champagne

1. A region and former province of France.

Derived terms

• champagne

Translations

French

Proper noun

Champagne f

1. A region in the northeast of France

Related terms

• Champagne-Ardenne
• champenois

Related terms

• champagniser

English

A glass of champagne

Noun

champagne ‎(countable and uncountable, plural champagnes)

1. A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne by the méthode champenoise
2. (countable) Any variety of champagne.
3. (countable) A glass of champagne.
4. (informal, and legally incorrect in some jurisdictions) Any sparkling white wine.
5. A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

   champagne colour:

Synonyms

• (wine): bubbly (informal), champ, (informal) champansky (informal), champers (informal), fizz (informal), shampoo (humorous slang)

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

champagne ‎(not comparable)

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

Translations

See also

Verb

champagne ‎(third-person singular simple present champagnes, present participle champagning, simple past and past participle champagned)

1. (intransitive) To drink champagne.
   • 1814, Lord Byron

     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.

   • 1846, Richard Henry Bonnycastle, Canada and the Canadians in 1846 (page 34)

     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.

2. (transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.
   • 1989, Bruce Babington, Peter William Evans, Affairs to Remember (page 88)

     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.

French

Etymology

From the region Champagne, from Late Latin campania (compare Campania Remensis), from campāneus, from Latin campus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃paɲ/

Noun

champagne m ‎(plural champagnes)

1. (countable and uncountable) champagne (wine from the Champagne region)
2. (heraldry) base; bottom third of a coat of arms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French champagne.

Noun

champagne m ‎(inv)

1. champagne (wine)
2. champagne (color)

Adjective

champagne ‎(inv)

1. champagne (color)

Malay

Etymology

Borrowing from English champagne, from French champagne, from Champagne, from Late Latin campania, from campāneus, from Latin campus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃempen/
• Rhymes: -empen, -pen, -en

Noun

champagne

1. champagne (sparkling wine made in Champagne)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from French champagne.

Alternative forms

• sjampanje

Noun

champagne m ‎(definite singular champagnen, indefinite plural champagner, definite plural champagnene)

1. champagne

References

• “champagne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from French champagne.

Alternative forms

• sjampanje

Noun

champagne m ‎(definite singular champagnen, indefinite plural champagnar, definite plural champagnane)

1. champagne

References

• “champagne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

champagne m (plural champagnes)

1. Alternative spelling of champanhe

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from French champagne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧamˈpanj/

Noun

champagne c

1. champagne (wine from the Champagne region)

Declension