How to pronounce “champagne”
Say “champagne” in 2 beats
champagne
/ʃæmˈpeɪn/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ʃamˈpeɪn/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- ʃæmʃæm
- peɪnpeɪnstress
- IPA (American)
- /ʃæmˈpeɪn/
- IPA (British)
- /ʃamˈpeɪn/
- Respelling
- sham-PAYN
- Syllables
- 2 — ʃæm-PEꞮN
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: ʃæm-PEꞮN. “peɪn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ʃæmˈpeɪn/
/ʃamˈpeɪn/
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Where “champagne” goes wrong
- Often heard
“cham-PAG-nee”
the ch is sh and the gn is a plain n
What “champagne” means
- noun
a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
- noun
a region of northeastern France
Say it in a sentence
“They opened champagne when the last of the paperwork was signed.”“champagne”, answered
How do you pronounce “champagne”?
“champagne” is pronounced /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ (sham-PAYN) in American English and /ʃamˈpeɪn/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “peɪn”. Build it as ʃæm-PEꞮN, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “champagne” have?
2: ʃæm · peɪn. The beat lands on the second, “peɪn”. Read letter by letter it looks like 3 (cham-PAG-nee), and that careful version is not wrong — but ordinary speech runs it to 2.
Is “champagne” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ (sham-PAYN); British English says /ʃamˈpeɪn/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “champagne” mean?
As a noun: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there For example: “They opened champagne when the last of the paperwork was signed.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “champagne”?
Stress the second syllable: ʃæm-PEꞮN. “peɪn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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