English word champagne comes from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-, Proto-Indo-European *kamp-, French champ, Old French (842-ca. 1400) Chanpaigne (Champagne (region of France).)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*kh₂emp- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*kamp- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
champ | French (fr) | (heraldry) the background of a shield's design. (mathematics) a vector field, tensor field, or scalar field (but not a commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse, cf. corps). A wide open space. An area of study. Field in its various senses, including:. |
Chanpaigne | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Champagne (region of France). |
campus | Latin (lat) | (literary) Any flat or level surface.. A field of action: scope.. A field of debate: a topic.. An opportunity.. Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field.. The comitia centuriata, which met on the Campus Martius.. The produce of a field. |
campaña | Spanish (es) | (heraldiccharge) base. Campaign. Countryside. |
campania | Late Latin (LL) | |
campanus | Latin (lat) | |
campānia | Late Latin (LL) | |
Champagne | French (fr) | A surname.. Champagne, a region in the northeast of France. |
champagne | English (en) | (intransitive) To drink champagne.. (transitive) To ply or treat with champagne. Of a very pale brownish-gold color, similar to that of champagne. (countable) A glass of champagne.. (countable) Any variety of champagne.. (informal, and legally incorrect in some jurisdictions) Any sparkling white wine.. (informal, and legally incorrect in some jurisdictions) Any sparkling wine made with the [...] |