champagne

IPA: ʃæmpˈeɪn

Root Word: Champagne

A region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est.
A surname from French.
(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling white wine.
(countable) A glass of champagne.
(countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
(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 form of champagne (French sparkling white wine from Champagne made with the méthode champenoise) [(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.]

Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
(heraldry) Alternative form of champaine [(heraldry) Curved (concave), enarched, or sometimes varriated; especially in the phrase point champaine, an abatement consisting of a curved (or sometimes horizontal) stain the bottom of the shield.]

Examples of "champagne" in Sentences

You have heard the term champagne socialism, well this is it.
People still feel that for really special occasions, the wine must have the word "champagne" on the label.
This mildly alcoholic sparkling beverage, sold in champagne-like bottles, is popular for toasts at weddings and holidays.
“From time to time,” says Dr. Brandes, “there came over her what she calls her champagne-mood; she grieves that this is no longer the case with him.”
"From time to time," says Dr. Brandes, "there came over her what she calls her champagne-mood; she grieves that this is no longer the case with him."
Sadly, he neglected to say whether this “light and vertical” subclass of things de luxe could explain how speakers of English came to use shampoo as a slang word for champagne.4
Perhaps, when safely married, Susan would ask her to one of the family dinners, with a glassful of foam which she called champagne, and the leg of a crow which she called game from the shooting-lodge ....
As far back as 1887 the Court of Angers, the appeal court, ruled in favour of wine growers in Champagne, decreeing that the name champagne "referred simultaneously to the place and methods of production of certain wines specifically denoted by that name and by no other."