champagne

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English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: shăm-pān', IPA^(key): /ʃæmˈpeɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Hyphenation: cham‧pagne

Noun

champagne (countable and uncountable, plural champagnes)

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.
2. (countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
3. (countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling white wine.
4. (countable) A glass of champagne.
5. (countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
6. (heraldry) (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).

   Alternative forms: champaine, champain

   Coordinate term: terrace

Usage notes

Using the term champagne to describe, for the purposes of sale, sparkling wine not manufactured in the Champagne region of France using the méthode champenoise is an infringement of trademark law in many countries.

Alternative forms

• Champagne

Synonyms

• (wine): bubbly, champ, champers, fizz (all informal), shampoo (slang, humorous), sham, poo, shammy

Hyponyms

• (wine): Bolly, champansky

Coordinate terms

• (wine): cava (“Spanish sparkling white wine made with the méthode champenoise”), prosecco (“Italian sparkling white wine made by dual fermentation method in vats”), spumante (“Italian sparkling wine, sometimes made with the méthode champenoise”)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Adjective

champagne (not comparable)

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

2. (heraldry) Alternative form of champaine

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.
2. (intransitive) To drink champagne.

Translations

Further reading

• champagne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French champagne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃɑmˈpɑn.jə/
• Hyphenation: cham‧pag‧ne
• Rhymes: -ɑnjə

Noun

champagne f (plural champagnes, diminutive champagnetje n)

1. (uncountable) The sparkling wine champagne from the French region Champagne.

   Hypernym: mousserende wijn

2. (countable) A brand, type or serving of champagne
3. The color champagne.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Petjo: sjempie

Further reading

• champagne (wijn) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.paɲ/
• Rhymes: -aɲ

Etymology 1

From the region Champagne, from Late Latin campānia (in this case, Campania Remensis specifically), from campāneus, from Latin campus.

Noun

champagne m (plural champagnes)

1. (countable, uncountable) champagne (“wine from the Champagne region of France”)
2. (countable, uncountable, non-European French, informal) sparkling wine, generic champagne

   Synonym: champ’

3. (countable, heraldry) base; bottom third of a coat of arms

Usage notes

• Using the term champagne to describe, for the purposes of sale, sparkling wine not manufactured in the Champagne region of France using the méthode champenoise is an infringement of trademark law in many countries.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French champagne, champaigne, from Late Latin campānia, from campāneus, from Latin campus. Compare Occitan campanha, Catalan campanya, Italian campagna, Spanish campaña, Portuguese campanha. Doublet of campagne.

Noun

champagne f (plural champagnes)

1. (rare) an expanse of flat and open cultivated earth

Related terms

• champ

Further reading

• “champagne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French champagne, from Champagne, from Late Latin campania. Doublet of campagna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ʃamˈpaɲ/^*
• Rhymes: -aɲ

Noun

champagne m (invariable)

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

Adjective

champagne (invariable)

1. champagne (color)

References

Further reading

• champagne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Alternative forms

• sjampanje

Etymology

Borrowed from French champagne.

Noun

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

1. champagne

References

• “champagne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sjampanje

Etymology

Borrowed from French champagne.

Noun

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

1. champagne

References

• “champagne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French champagne.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cham‧pa‧gne

Noun

champagne m (plural champagnes)

1. Alternative spelling of champanhe

Spanish

Alternative forms

• champán, champaña

Etymology

See champán.

Noun

champagne m (plural champagnes)

1. champagne

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French champagne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧamˈpanj/

Noun

champagne c

1. champagne (wine from the Champagne region)

Declension

See also

• dompa

References

• champagne in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• champagne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• champagne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)