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champagne bubble

champagne bubble

3.8
A small round pocket of gas that rises in champagne
  • noun
  • /ʃæmˈpeɪn ˈbʌbəl/
translation icon : burbuja de champán
  • I feel some bubbly kind of champagne bubbles coming up through my spine.

Examples

  • When poured, the champagne bubbles rose swiftly to the surface, creating a delightful fizz.

  • I feel some bubbly kind of champagne bubbles coming up through my spine.

  • The champagne bubbles danced playfully in the fluted glass as we toasted to our celebration.

  • We watched as the tiny bubbles in the champagne floated up, adding sparkle to our drinks.

Synonyms

air bubble
vschampagne bubble
8 1.9

A small pocket of air trapped inside a liquid or solid

is formed by dissolved carbon dioxide in sparkling wine and rises to the surface

Surface Forms

champagne bubble singular
champagne bubbles plural

Morphology

champagne + bubble

The meaning 'a small bubble formed by the carbonation in champagne' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'champagne' (a sparkling wine) with 'bubble' (a spherical pocket of gas), forming a simple noun–noun compound that specifies the type of bubble. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

The noun champagne bubble names the tiny gas bubble you see in a glass of champagne. Imagine a little bright bubble rising and sparkling like a tiny pearl, and you can see why it means 'a small bubble' that floats up in the drink.