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Word 333 of 545 · Food and drink

How to pronounce champagne

/ʃæmˈpeɪn/ British English

shamPAYN

2 beats (syllables). The strong beat is the second one.

a Crossed-out letters are silent.a Coloured letters don’t sound the way they look.

✗ Many people say

CHAMpagnee

✓ Say

shamPAYN

My tip

ch sounds like sh, and the g is silent: sham-PAYN.

In a sentence

Let’s toast with champagne.

Now you say it

  1. Listen to me two or three times.
  2. Say it slowly, one beat at a time: sham-PAYN.
  3. Say the sentence at normal speed.

Questions

How do you pronounce champagne?

In British English, champagne is pronounced /ʃæmˈpeɪn/. Say it like this: sham-PAYN. ch sounds like sh, and the g is silent: sham-PAYN.

How many syllables are in champagne?

When you say it, champagne has 2 syllables: sham-PAYN. The strong beat is the second one, PAYN.

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