• (RP, GA) enPR: shăm-pān', IPA: /ʃæmˈpeɪn/

champagne

1. (countable, uncountable) A sparkling#Adjective|sparkling white wine made from a blend#Noun|blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
   • 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Peveril of the Peak. [...] In Four Volumes, volume IV, Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 2392685 ↗, page 197 ↗:

     "[…] 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.

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

    

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

• French: champagne
• German: Champagner
• Italian: champagne
• Portuguese: champanhe, champanha, champagne
• Russian: шампа́нское
• Spanish: champaña, champán

• German: Sekt
• Russian: игри́стое вино́

champagne (not comparable)

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

champagne (champagnes, present participle champagning; past and past participle champagned)

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

1. A region/and/former province in France.
2. Surname

• Champenois

champagne (plural champagnes)

1. Alternative form of champagne (French sparkling white wine from Champagne made with the méthode champenoise)

• French: Champagne
• German: Champagne
• Italian: Champagne
• Portuguese: Champanhe, Champanha, Champagne
• Russian: Шампа́нь
• Spanish: Champaña