Champagne

Pronunciation

• enPR: shăm-pān', IPA: /ʃæmˈpeɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Origin

Borrowing from fr champagne.

Full definition of champagne

Noun

1. (uncountable) 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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Adjective

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

Verb

1. (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.
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.----