sparkling wine

noun

Any wine that is effervescent because of dissolved carbon dioxide; either because of fermentation in bottle or by physical carbonation.

Opposite
still wine
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Meanings

nounsparkling wine (countable and uncountable, plural sparkling wines)

plural sparkling wines

  1. countableuncountableAny wine that is effervescent because of dissolved carbon dioxide; either because of fermentation in bottle or by physical carbonation.

    Antonyms: still wine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny wine that is effervescent because of dissolved carbon dioxide; either because of fermentation in bottle or by physical carbonation.

Opposite
still wine

Translations

Afrikaans vonkelwyn
  • vonkelwyneffervescent wine
Ancient Greek αἶθοψ οἶνος
  • αἶθοψ οἶνος (aîthops oînos)effervescent wine
Bulgarian пенливо вино
  • пенливо вино (penlivo vino)effervescent wine
Catalan cava
  • cavaeffervescent wine
Chinese Mandarin 氣泡酒 /气泡酒, 起泡酒
  • 氣泡酒 /气泡酒 (qìpàojiǔ)effervescent wine
  • 起泡酒 (qǐpàojiǔ)effervescent wine
  • 汽酒 (qìjiǔ)effervescent wine
Czech šumivé víno
  • šumivé vínoeffervescent wine
Dutch schuimwijn, bubbelwijn
  • schuimwijneffervescent wine
  • bubbelwijneffervescent wine
  • mousserende wijneffervescent wine
  • bubbelseffervescent wine
Esperanto ŝaŭmvino
  • ŝaŭmvinoeffervescent wine
Finnish kuohuviini
  • kuohuviinieffervescent wine
French vin effervescent, vin mousseux
  • vin effervescenteffervescent wine
  • vin mousseuxeffervescent wine
  • mousseuxeffervescent wine
German Schaumwein, Sekt
  • Schaumweineffervescent wine
  • Sekteffervescent wine
Greek αφρώδης οίνος
  • αφρώδης οίνος (afródis oínos)effervescent wine
Hungarian pezsgő
  • pezsgőeffervescent wine
Icelandic freyðivín
  • freyðivíneffervescent wine
Irish fíon súilíneach
  • fíon súilíneacheffervescent wine
Italian spumante
  • spumanteeffervescent wine
Japanese 発泡ワイン, スパークリング・ワイン
  • 発泡ワイン (happō-wain)effervescent wine
  • スパークリング・ワイン (supākuringu-wain)effervescent wine
Korean 발포성 포도주
  • 발포성 포도주 (balposeong podoju)effervescent wine
Norwegian Bokmål musserende vin
  • musserende vineffervescent wine
Polish wino musujące
  • wino musująceeffervescent wine
Portuguese frisante, espumante
  • frisanteeffervescent wine
  • espumanteeffervescent wine
Romanian vin spumant
  • vin spumanteffervescent wine
Russian игри́стое вино́
  • игри́стое вино́ (igrístoje vinó)effervescent wine
Spanish espumoso
  • espumosoeffervescent wine
Swedish mousserande vin, skumvin
  • mousserande vineffervescent wine
  • skumvineffervescent wine
Turkish köpüklü şarap
  • köpüklü şarapeffervescent wine
Ukrainian ігристе вино
  • ігристе вино (ihryste vyno)effervescent wine
Welsh gwin pefriol
  • gwin pefrioleffervescent wine
Cite this entry
APA

sparkling wine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparkling%20wine

MLA

“sparkling wine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparkling%20wine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sparkling wine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparkling%20wine.

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