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champagne

cham·pagne

UK/ʃamˈpɛjn/ US/ʃæmˈpeɪn/ common informal

noun

1.

a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • champagne breakfast
  • champagne bucket
  • champagne cocktail
  • champagne cola
  • champagne confetti
  • champagne coupe
  • champagne flute
  • champagne girl

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