champagne cup

1 5.8

A cold mixed drink made with sparkling wine and fruit

noun
/ʃæmˈpeɪn kʌp/

: copa de champán

She served a refreshing champagne cup at the garden party.

Examples

The recipe for the champagne cup includes strawberries and a splash of brandy.
At the summer gathering, the guests enjoyed a vibrant champagne cup made with fresh berries and sparkling wine.
Guests praised the host's signature champagne cup during the wedding toast.
I sipped from a champagne cup at the party.
Have you tried the champagne cups at the new bar?
During the celebration, they raised their glasses to toast with a delicious champagne cup full of fruit and fizz.
To cool down on a hot day, she mixed a fruity champagne cup with citrus slices and a hint of liqueur.

Synonyms

buck's fizz

vschampagne cup

1 7.5

A drink you make by mixing champagne and orange juice often served at celebrations

is a broader punch using sparkling wine plus varied ingredients like fruit and liqueurs

claret cup

vschampagne cup

Archaic

9.2

A cold drink made from red wine, brandy, lemon, sugar, and fresh fruit

uses sparkling wine as the base instead of still claret

How Alcoholic

champagne cup

1 5.8

champagne

484 3.7

spritzer

11 6.1

shandygaff

Archaic

9.9

Surface Forms

champagne cup singular

champagne cups plural

Morphology

champagne + cup

Both constituents are literal—'champagne' (sparkling wine) and 'cup' (a drinking vessel)—so a learner who knows those words will infer it refers to a cup containing champagne or a drink made with champagne. The noun+container composition is a common, directly compositional pattern across languages, making the meaning readily derivable for a B1 learner.

Etymology

The name champagne cup comes from old party times when hosts poured champagne into a large cup or bowl with fruit and a little brandy so people could share a fizzy drink. That's why a champagne cup now means 'a mixed punch made with sparkling wine'.