champagne

Substantiv

1. 1

   A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.

   We suppose that this author has done his best to be satirical; and he may have thought that his subject would have inspired him with all that was smart and piquant: but the plain truth is that the promised champagne turns out to be vapid small beer.

   "[…] That stuff on the table may be a vehicle for filberts and walnuts, but not for such communications as yours. —Bring me champaigne," he said to the attendant who answered on his summons. The domestic returned, and brought a flask of champaigne, with two large silver cups.

   [T]he women will wear cashmeres, and then men will drink champagne.

   Champagne wine, with its amber hue, it éclat, its sparkle, and its perfume, arouses the senses and produces a cheerfulness which flashes through the company like a spark of electricity. At the magic word, Champagne! the guests, dull and torpid with good feeding, awake at once.

2. 2

   umgangssprachlichAny sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.

   I’ve been saving an excellent Brazilian champagne for a special occasion.

   Great Western Champagne […] Produced by the old French slow method of fermentation in the bottle taking from six to seven years of time. Great Western is the Only American Champagne ever awarded a Gold Medal at Foreign Expositions. […] Oldest and largest producers of Champagne in America.

3. 3

   umgangssprachlichAny sparkling white wine.

4. 4

   A glass of champagne.

   "I'm not scared of needles, but I certainly don’t like them," she says. "I had a champagne en route to the clinic – maybe two – which I'd probably not recommended, but whatever works, right?[…]"

5. 5

   A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

   Suede Leather Hat, in gray, champagne, rose or blue, flower-trimmed.

6. 6

   (An ordinary occupying) the base of the shield, either flat-topped (like the chief at the top of the shield) or curved (as in a mount or trimount).

   Alternative forms: champaine, champain

   Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG).

   […] on a champagne in base gules a wyvern, wings expanded or (for Vandalia); on the centre of the cross a quartered shield:[…]

Adjektiv

1. 1

   Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

   This is the year! With champagne colors the thing on the fashion scene, Clairol is popping the corks on 4 new Champagne Blondes^®! […] Clairol's Creme Toner is your choice of Champagne color.

2. 2

   Variante von champaineAlternative form of champaine.

   A Point Dexter parted, A Point Champagne, A Point plain, A Point in Point, […]

Verb

1. 1

   To ply or treat with champagne.

   And equally, the central matter of Henry's infidelities has no actual dramatisation, so that we never see him coming out of a stage door with a Follies girl on his arm, or champagning a debutante, let alone entering a boudoir.

2. 2

   To drink champagne.

   We clareted and champagned till two—then supped, and finished with a kind of regency punch composed of madeira, brandy, and green tea, no real water being admitted therein.

   On one occasion, I was at a meeting of the turf in an hotel after the races, where violent discussions and heavy champagning were going on.

Formen

Plural

champagnes

Präteritum

champagned

Partizip II

champagned

Partizip I

champagning

3. Person Singular

champagnes