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

At one point, play was stopped when a champagne cork flew onto the court; the umpire politely asked the crowd to refrain from popping bottles while the players were serving. —Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 14 July 2025

Their walk led them to a pretty picnic complete with champagne. —Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 14 July 2025

Stop in on Saturday nights from 10 p.m. to midnight for Champagne Hour, when The Conroy will offer $15 champagne pours and full bottle service for a true taste of the downtown-glam nightlife experience. —Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025

The moment was widely celebrated by the F1 community, and teams like Mercedes and Aston Martin even had champagne delivered to Sauber's hospitality to ramp up the celebrations. —Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 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