siampên

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • siampáen

Etymology

Borrowed from English champagne, from French champagne, from Champagne (“region of France”), from Late Latin campānia, from Latin campus (“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). Doublet of Caint (“Kent”) and camp (“feat, sport”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃamˈpeːn/

Noun

siampên m (not mutable)

  1. champagne

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “siampên”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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