Champagne
Pronunciation
- enPR: shăm-pÄn', IPA: /ʃæmˈpeɪn/
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Origin
Borrowing from fr champagne.
Full definition of champagne
Noun
champagne
(countable and uncountable; plural champagnes)- (uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne by the méthode champenoise
- (countable) any variety of champagne.
- (countable) A glass of champagne.
- (informal, and legally incorrect in some jurisdictions) Any sparkling white wine.
- A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
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Adjective
champagne
- Of a very pale brownish-gold color, similar to that of champagne.
Verb
- (intransitive) To drink champagne.
- 1814, Lord ByronWe 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.
- (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.----