champanhe

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French champagne,[1][2] after the region Champagne, from Late Latin campānia. Doublet of campanha and Campânia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.ɲi/ [ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.j̃i], /ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃j̃/ [ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃ɪ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ.ɲe/, /ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃j̃/ [ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃ɪ̯̃]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ.ɲɨ/, /ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃j̃/

  • Hyphenation: cham‧pa‧nhe

Noun

champanhe m (plural champanhes)

  1. champagne (sparkling wine made in Champagne)
  2. (informal) sparkling wine (any effervescent wine)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:champanhe.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ champanhe”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ champanhe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025