champagne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shăm-pān'
ipa: /ʃæmˈpeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: champagnes
form: Champagne
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.
Senses: examples: text: We suppose that this author has done his best to be satirical; and he may have thought that his subject would have inspired him with all that was smart and piquant: but the plain truth is that the promised champagne turns out to be vapid small beer.
ref: 1809 April, “Art. 37. Military Promotions; or the Duke and His Dulcinea. A Satirical Poem. 4to. 2s. 6d. Richardson. [book review]”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume LVIII, London: Sold by T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, page 439:
text: "[…] 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.
ref: 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 197:
text: [T]he women will wear cashmeres, and then men will drink champagne.
ref: 1827, Francis Herbert [pseudonym; William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, and Gulian Crommelin Verplanck], “The Legend of the Devil’s Pulpit”, in The Talisman for MDCCCXXVIII, New York, N.Y.: Elam Bliss, […], →OCLC, page 284:
text: Champagne wine, with its amber hue, it éclat, its sparkle, and its perfume, arouses the senses and produces a cheerfulness which flashes through the company like a spark of electricity. At the magic word, Champagne! the guests, dull and torpid with good feeding, awake at once.
ref: 1867, Robert Tomes, chapter XV, in The Champagne Country, New York, N.Y.: Published by [Melancthon M.] Hurd and [Henry Oscar] Houghton, […], →OCLC, page 173:
text: The principal difference between champagnes and sparkling hocks designed for the English market consists in the former being made almost exclusively from red grapes, pressed immediately they are gathered, and not allowed to ferment in their skins, while the latter are made from white grapes alone. The finest champagnes come from the pineau noir, or black Burgundy grape, while the best sparkling hocks are made from the Riesling, […]
ref: 1875 January 8, “Sparkling Hock”, in The Pall Mall Budget: […], volume XIII, London: [s.n.] […], →OCLC, page 14, column 2:
text: Served throughout the meal are sherries, red wines, champagnes, and brandies.
ref: 1988 May 20, Daniel Santow, “Restaurant tours: You loved the movie, now eat the dinner”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2018:
text: As with a solo cello, a single-vineyard champagne highlights the virtuosity of the performer (whether it's the producer or the site). A vintage champagne demonstrates the singular personality of the year, while a great blended champagne such as Krug's Grand Cuvée expresses a multifaceted, encompassing experience akin to the London Symphony Orchestra playing [Pyotr Ilyich] Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 6, leveraging its components to create something larger than each of them represents individually.
ref: 2017, Peter Liem, Kate Leahy, “The Primacy of Place”, in Champagne: The Essential Guide to the Wines, Producers, and Terroirs of the Iconic Region, Calif.; N.Y.: Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, part 1 (Understanding Champagne), page 11:
glosses: A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
examples: text: I’ve been saving an excellent Brazilian champagne for a special occasion.
text: Of the Reims mountain wines, those of Verzi, Verzenay, Mailli, Bouzy, and St. Basle, are most esteemed; but the Clos St. Thierry furnishes perhaps the finest red Champagne. The name Jolly champagne, under which, at present, a large quantity of the best champagne is sold in the U[nited] States, does not originate from a place in Champagne, but from an owner of extensive vineyards in that province, who exports much champagne to the U. States.
ref: 1830, “Champagne”, in Francis Lieber, E. Wigglesworth, editors, Encyclopædia Americana. […], volume III, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Edward Lawrence] Carey & [Abraham] Lea[...], →OCLC, page 58, column 1:
text: Great Western Champagne […] Produced by the old French slow method of fermentation in the bottle taking from six to seven years of time. Great Western is the Only American Champagne ever awarded a Gold Medal at Foreign Expositions. […] Oldest and largest producers of Champagne in America.
ref: 1915 May, “Great Western Champagne [advertisement]”, in Frank Crowninshield, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 4, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Vanity Fair Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 96:
glosses: Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
glosses: Any sparkling white wine.
examples: text: "I'm not scared of needles, but I certainly don’t like them," she says. "I had a champagne en route to the clinic – maybe two – which I'd probably not recommended, but whatever works, right?[…]"
ref: 2017 April 11, Paul Ewart, quoting Christa Billich, “Fifteen Years on, what Long-term Botox Use Looks Like”, in News.com.au, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2017:
glosses: A glass of champagne.
examples: text: Suede Leather Hat, in gray, champagne, rose or blue, flower-trimmed.
ref: 1915 February, “Franklin Simon & Co. [advertisement]”, in Frank Crowninshield, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 3, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Vanity Fair Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 3:
glosses: A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
examples: text: Alternative forms: champaine, champain
text: Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG).
ref: 1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 489:
text: […] on a champagne in base gules a wyvern, wings expanded or (for Vandalia); on the centre of the cross a quartered shield:[…]
ref: 1915, Guy Cadogan Rothery, A. B. C. of Heraldry, page 277:
topics: government
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coordinate_terms: terrace
glosses: (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).
Synonyms: topics: wine
oenology
beverages
food
lifestyle
word: bubbly
topics: wine
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word: champ
topics: wine
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food
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word: champers
topics: wine
oenology
beverages
food
lifestyle
word: fizz
topics: wine
oenology
beverages
food
lifestyle
word: shampoo
topics: wine
oenology
beverages
food
lifestyle
word: sham
topics: wine
oenology
beverages
food
lifestyle
word: poo
topics: wine
oenology
beverages
food
lifestyle
word: shammy
Hyponyms: topics: wine
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beverages
food
lifestyle
word: Bolly
topics: wine
oenology
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food
lifestyle
word: champansky
Coordinate terms: topics: wine
oenology
beverages
food
lifestyle
english: Spanish sparkling white wine made with the méthode champenoise
translation: Spanish sparkling white wine made with the méthode champenoise
word: cava
topics: wine
oenology
beverages
food
lifestyle
english: French sparkling wine that isn't from the Champagne region
translation: French sparkling wine that isn't from the Champagne region
word: crémant
topics: wine
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beverages
food
lifestyle
english: French sparkling wine that isn't from the Champagne region
translation: French sparkling wine that isn't from the Champagne region
word: mousseux
topics: wine
oenology
beverages
food
lifestyle
english: Italian sparkling white wine made by dual fermentation method in vats
translation: Italian sparkling white wine made by dual fermentation method in vats
word: prosecco
topics: wine
oenology
beverages
food
lifestyle
english: Italian sparkling wine, sometimes made with the méthode champenoise
translation: Italian sparkling wine, sometimes made with the méthode champenoise
word: spumante
Derived terms: champagne breakfast
champagne bucket
champagne cocktail
champagne cola
champagne confetti
champagne coupe
champagne flute
champagne girl
champagne glass
champagneless
champagnelike
champagne lounge
champagne mango
champagne music
champagne pink
champagne powder
champagne problem
champagne room
champagne socialism
champagne socialist
champagne soda
champagne stirrer
champagne tap
champagne taste on a beer billfold
champagne taste on a beer budget
champagne taste on a beer pocketbook
champagne taste on a beer salary
champagne taste on a beer wallet
champagne vinegar
champagne whisk
champagney
champagnize
champansky
fine champagne
Jewish champagne
Lurgan champagne
Saudi champagne
Spanish champagne
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brut
buck's fizz
cold duck
demi-sec
doux
May wine
mimosa
sabrage
Salmanazar
sec
sparkling wine