champagne
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- noun
- /ʃæmˈpeɪn/
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champán
- A bottle of champagne chills in a bucket of ice on an end table.
- a bottle of champagne
- a glass of champagne
- drink champagne
And we're just drinking champagne talking about it.
- And we're just drinking champagne talking about it.
- The latest one was blind tasting of champagne from Verve Clico.
- They see their friends in Ibiza with champagne and pretty girls.
- And him and I drank a bottle of champagne each like cheap champagne like Andre.
- Oh my God, do we have champagne for a second?
- Is Jesse going to be a champagne glass and she's just with me?
Examples
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Let's celebrate this special occasion with a bottle of champagne.
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Uh, can we get some champagne, please?
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And we're just drinking champagne talking about it.
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Before we break out the champagne, however, let us take a closer look.
Academic text (2001) -
Hey, Mike, a bottle of champagne.
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They left us some champagne, some more champagne over here.
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We have a couple roses, we've got a bottle of champagne on ice.
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Some champagne for you?
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I love champagne.
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Edward pours the champagne into a single long-stemmed glass and hands one to Vivian.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A wine with bubbles that is fizzy when opened
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A sparkling wine often used for celebrations
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A sparkling Spanish wine often served at celebrations
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A fizzy Italian white wine often served chilled before a meal
A sparkling wine often drunk at celebrations
A sparkling white wine from the Limoux region of southwest France made from the Mauzac grape
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Etymology
Champagne comes from the name of a region in France, Champagne, where this sparkling wine was first made. The region's name comes from the old word champ meaning 'field', so champagne is the wine from that place and that is why only sparkling wine from there is truly called 'champagne'.