champignon

See also: Champignon and champigñón

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French champignon.

Pronunciation

Noun

champignon (plural champignons)

Some champignon tops, cleaned and, in one case, bisected.
  1. Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
    • 2007, January 31, “C. J. Chivers”, in A Soviet Agricultural Success: Vast Greenhouse Complex‎:
      Moscow’s food stores, formerly famed for bare shelves and long lines, are now kept stocked with fresh champignons and greens […] .
  2. (obsolete) Any mushroom.
    • 1849, George Waterhouse, Conjugal Felicities and Infelicities (page 47)
      The Kamtschadales frequently avail themselves, by way of regale, of a venenose species of champignon […]

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French champignon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕɑmpʰinˈjʌŋ]

Noun

champignon

  1. champignon

Declension
Declension of champignon
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative champignon champignonen champignoner champignonerne
genitive champignons champignonens champignoners champignonernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French champignon, from Middle French champignon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌʃɑmpi(n)ˈjɔn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: cham‧pig‧non
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

champignon m (plural champignons, diminutive champignonnetje n)

  1. A champignon, a button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.

Derived terms

- individual species:

  • plompe champignon (“coastal mushroom, Agaricus litoralis”)
  • reuzenchampignon (“Agaricus augustus”)
  • straatchampignon (“banded agaric, Agaricus bitorquis”)
  • toverchampignon (“Allopsalliota geesterani”)

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *campāniolus (“grows in the field”), from Late Latin campāneus (“relating to fields”), from Latin campānia (“level country”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃/
  • audio(file)

Noun

champignon m (plural champignons)

  1. mushroom
  2. fungus in general
  3. (colloquial) accelerator pedal
    Synonym: accélérateur
    Appuie sur l'champignon !
    Put your foot down!

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French champignon.

Noun

champignon m (invariable)

  1. (mycology) champignon, button mushroom, crimini (Agaricus bisporus)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French champignon.

Noun

champignon

  1. alternative form of sjampinjong

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French champignon.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃.pĩˈɲõ/ [ʃɐ̃.pĩˈj̃õ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃.piˈɲõ/

Noun

champignon m (plural champignons)

  1. champignon (Agaricus bisporus, a small, edible mushroom)
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