Meanings
plural fine champagnes
- countableuncountableFine French brandy from the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne winegrowing areas of Cognac.
‘Will you have some coffee, you fellows? – Waiter, bring coffee, and fine-champagne, and cigarettes.’
1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 71Synonyms: fine
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFine French brandy from the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne winegrowing areas of Cognac.
Origin
- Frenchfine champagne
- Englishfine champagne
From French fine champagne, originally eau-de-vie fine de la Champagne (“fine brandy from the Champagne region”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Russian финьшампа́нь
- финьшампа́нь (finʹšampánʹ)blend of cognac of eau-de-vie
Ukrainian фіньшампа́нь
- фіньшампа́нь (finʹšampánʹ)blend of cognac of eau-de-vie
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