champagne Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
    bubbly.
  2. noun a region of northeastern France
    Champagne-Ardenne.

WordNet

Cham*pagne" noun
Etymology
F. See Champaign.
Definitions
  1. A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France. ✍ Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of sparkling but off still wines; but in America the term is usually restricted to wines which effervesce.

Webster 1913