Phrase guide

sparkling wine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: still wine

2

noun

Meaning 2

effervescent wine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wine, vino

Narrower terms: champagne, bubbly, cold duck

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vonkelwyn — effervescent wine
  • Armenian: շամպայն (šampayn) — effervescent wine
  • Armenian: փրփրուն գինի (pʻrpʻrun gini) — effervescent wine
  • Bulgarian: пенливо вино (penlivo vino) — effervescent wine
  • Catalan: cava — effervescent wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣泡酒 /气泡酒 (qìpàojiǔ) — effervescent wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 起泡酒 (qǐpàojiǔ) — effervescent wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汽酒 (qìjiǔ) — effervescent wine
  • Czech: šumivé víno — effervescent wine
  • Dutch: schuimwijn — effervescent wine
  • Dutch: bubbelwijn — effervescent wine
  • Dutch: mousserende wijn — effervescent wine
  • Dutch: bubbels — effervescent wine
  • Esperanto: ŝaŭmvino — effervescent wine
  • Finnish: kuohuviini — effervescent wine
  • French: vin effervescent — effervescent wine
  • French: vin mousseux — effervescent wine
  • French: mousseux — effervescent wine
  • Galician: viño espumoso — effervescent wine
  • German: Schaumwein — effervescent wine
  • German: Sekt — effervescent wine
  • Greek: αφρώδης οίνος (afródis oínos) — effervescent wine
  • Ancient Greek: αἶθοψ οἶνος (aîthops oînos) — effervescent wine
  • Hungarian: pezsgő — effervescent wine
  • Icelandic: freyðivín — effervescent wine
  • Irish: fíon súilíneach — effervescent wine
  • Italian: spumante — effervescent wine
  • Japanese: 発泡ワイン (happō-wain) — effervescent wine
  • Japanese: スパークリング・ワイン (supākuringu-wain) — effervescent wine
  • Korean: 발포성 포도주 (balposeong podoju) — effervescent wine
  • Macedonian: пенливо вино (penlivo vino) — effervescent wine
  • Mongolian: оргилуун дарс (orgiluun dars) — effervescent wine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: musserende vin — effervescent wine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: musserande vin — effervescent wine
  • Plautdietsch: Schumwien — effervescent wine
  • Polish: wino musujące — effervescent wine
  • Portuguese: frisante — effervescent wine
  • Portuguese: espumante — effervescent wine
  • Romanian: vin spumant — effervescent wine
  • Russian: игри́стое вино́ (igrístoje vinó) — effervescent wine
  • Spanish: espumoso — effervescent wine
  • Swedish: mousserande vin — effervescent wine
  • Swedish: skumvin — effervescent wine
  • Turkish: köpüklü şarap — effervescent wine
  • Ukrainian: ігристе вино (ihryste vyno) — effervescent wine
  • Welsh: gwin pefriol — effervescent wine