Champagne is an expensive French white wine with bubbles in. It is often drunk to celebrate something.
2.
See champagne corks pop
champagne in British English
(ʃæmˈpeɪn)
noun
1. (sometimes capital)
a white sparkling wine produced around Reims and Epernay, France
2.
(loosely) any effervescent white wine
3.
a.
a colour varying from a pale orange-yellow to a greyish-yellow
b.
(as adjective)
a champagne carpet
4. (modifier)
denoting a luxurious lifestyle
a champagne capitalist
Word origin
from Champagne, a region of NE France
Champagne in American English
(ʃæmˈpeɪn; French ʃɑ̃ˈpanj(ə))
agricultural and historical region of NE France: now mostly in the metropolitan region of Champagne-Ardennes, which also includes part of the Ardennes plateau: 9,887 sq mi (25,607 sq km); pop. 1,348,000; chief city, Reims
champagne in American English
(ʃæmˈpeɪn)
noun
1. Archaic
any of various wines produced in Champagne, France
2.
a.
now, any effervescent white wine made there or elsewhere: regarded as a symbol of luxurious living
b.
the typical color of such wine; pale, tawny yellow or greenish yellow
champagne in Hospitality
(ʃæmpeɪn)
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, alcoholic drinks)
Champagne is an expensive French white wine with bubbles in. It is often drunk to celebratesomething.
COLLOCATIONS: glass of ~
Because it was a special occasion, she opened a bottle of champagne and poured everyone a glass.
We offer newly married guests a complimentary bottle of champagne to celebrate.
Chill a bottle of champagne by placing it in a champagne bucket.
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Examples of 'champagne' in a sentence
champagne
He was eager to show me the intricacies of making his various wines and champagnes.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
Expensive champagne in exclusive nightclubs.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It does anyway as I hit fresh air again like a champagne cork fired at the ceiling.
The Sun (2016)
The pair, who posted pictures of their champagne lifestyle, were busted at their home.
The Sun (2016)
Provided you don't tend to eat very much and only drink champagne, wearing white will be a doddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
For years they have been the elite of the fund management industry, enjoying colossal fees, gigantic homes and champagne lifestyles.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So is the champagne lifestyle really all it is cracked up to be?
The Sun (2008)
The champagne has been drunk and normality has resumed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Rarely has a champagne house had such a disarmingly ebullient scion.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Top up with champagne or sparkling wine.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Weapons were found in his flat along with designer clothes and expensive champagne.
The Sun (2008)
For lemonade lolly you can enjoy a slice of the champagne lifestyle.
The Sun (2009)
To do this you need a good champagne or sparkling wine.
The Sun (2006)
Forget expensive hotels and champagne tours where coach loads of tourists pile in.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Pour the champagne or sparkling wine into a saucepan.
The Sun (2011)
And this is despite the fact that champagne is more expensive.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Wine and champagne had been drunk.
The Sun (2010)
The charm of this wine region is that you can visit the cellars of the big champagne houses and sample the bubbly.
Conil, Jean & Conil, Christopher (ed) A Passion for Food (1989)
Wine followed champagne, until he slid his hand under her hair to cup her neck.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The champagne corks in the Australia dressing room were ready to pop.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We need people lobbying in France with the wine manufacturers and champagne producers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is not a victory founded upon high salaries, bumper bonuses and a champagne lifestyle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The prospect of champagne houses investing in England has been mooted for more than a decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It'll jump feet in the air like a champagne cork.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Just two special advisers received presents - champagne and wine used for official entertainment.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's fair to say we live a champagne lifestyle on lemonade wages.
The Sun (2016)
My more modest room was still light and airy, finished with white orchids and champagne on ice.
The Sun (2012)
All white suits and champagne.
The Sun (2008)
Vodka is cleaner, and far lower in sugar, while white wine and champagne are the worst.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Word lists with
champagne
Wines, Wine-producing areas, yellow
In other languages
champagne
British English: champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ NOUN
Champagne is an expensive French sparkling white wine.
American English: champagne
Arabic: شامبانيا
Brazilian Portuguese: champanha
Chinese: 香槟酒
Croatian: pjenušac
Czech: šampaňské
Danish: champagne
Dutch: champagne
European Spanish: champán
Finnish: samppanja
French: champagne
German: Champagner
Greek: σαμπάνια
Italian: champagne
Japanese: シャンパン
Korean: 샴페인
Norwegian: champagne
Polish: szampan
European Portuguese: champanhe
Romanian: șampanie
Russian: шампанское
Latin American Spanish: champaña
Swedish: champagne
Thai: แชมเปญ
Turkish: şampanya
Ukrainian: шампанське
Vietnamese: rượu sâm banh
All related terms of 'champagne'
champagne cork
a cork used in a champagne bottle
champagne flute
a tall , thin champagne glass
champagne glass
a glass for drinking champagne , either a glass with a wide mouth and a roughly triangular shape or a tall flute
pink champagne
a sparkling rosé wine similar to champagne , but pink in colour instead of white
Champagne-Ardenne
a former region of NE France: a countship and commercial centre in medieval times; it consists of a great plain , with sheep and dairy farms and many vineyards
champagne bucket
A champagne bucket is a container that holds ice cubes or cold water and ice. You can use it to put bottles of champagne in and keep the champagne cool .
champagne lifestyle
a lifestyle involving the enjoyment of luxuries and expensive pleasures
champagne reception
A reception is a formal party which is given to welcome someone or to celebrate a special event.
champagne socialist
a professed socialist who enjoys an extravagant lifestyle
Châlons-en-Champagne
a town in NE France, on the River Marne : scene of Attila's defeat by the Romans (451 ad ). Pop: 47 339 (1999)
champagne corks pop
If you say that champagne corks are popping , you mean that people are celebrating something.