crémant

See also: cremant

English

Etymology

From French crémant, originally the present participle of crémer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹeɪˈmɒ̃n/

Noun

crémant (countable and uncountable, plural crémants)

1. A type of French sparkling wine.
   • 2022 July 21, Eric Kim, “Welcome to Chicago, Hot Dog Town, U.S.A.”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Though it’s no longer open, a London restaurant, Bubbledogs, specialized in American hot dogs with Champagne from small producers. Other sparkling wines like cava, crémant and sparkling riesling would be delicious, too.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁe.mɑ̃/

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Noun

crémant m (plural crémants)

1. crémant (a type of French sparkling wine)

   Synonym: mousseux

Participle

crémant

1. present participle of crémer

Further reading

• crémant on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “crémant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.