champagne

noun

cham·​pagne sham-ˈpān 

variants or less commonly Champagne

1

: a white sparkling wine made in the old province of Champagne, France

also : a similar wine made elsewhere

2

: a pale orange yellow to light grayish-yellowish brown

Examples of champagne in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most of its products hover between $25 and $65 (excluding the $319 iGo monitor stand) and have iOS-esque finishes—silver, gold, space gray, black, midnight blue, and starlight (that champagne hue)—and most are designed with a cable outlet. —Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 16 Mar. 2025

Both indices rose 6% to 9% from Election Day through their Feb. 19 peak. Between the lines: Over the last week Trump imposed steel and aluminum tariffs globally, threatened (and then withdrew) further retaliatory tariffs against Canada, and promised 200% tariffs on European wine and champagne. —Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025

Trump also on Thursday with a 200 percent tariff on all alcoholic products including wine and champagne. —Anna Commander, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025

In 2023, the US imported more than $1.7 billion worth of champagne. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, from Champagne, France

First Known Use

1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for champagne

• abstain
• airplane
• alkane
• arcane
• arraign
• attain
• backplane
• betaine
• biplane
• blockchain
• butane
• campaign

Kids Definition

champagne

noun

cham·​pagne sham-ˈpān 

: a white sparkling wine

Geographical Definition

Champagne

geographical name

Cham·​pagne sham-ˈpān 

historic region and former province of northeastern France west of Lorraine and north of Burgundy; capital Troyes