champignon

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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, “A Soviet Agricultural Success: Vast Greenhouse Complex”, in New York Times‎:
      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

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/
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  • Hyphenation: cham‧pig‧non
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

champignon m (plural champignons, diminutive champignonnetje n)

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

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- individual species:

French

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *campāniolus (“grows in the field”), from Late Latin campāneus (“relating to fields”), from Latin campānia (“level country”). The “accelerator” sense comes from the fact that accelerator pedals were initially mushroom-shaped.

Pronunciation

Noun

champignon m (plural champignons)

  1. mushroom
    des champignons hallucinogènes ― hallucinogenic mushroom, magic mushroom
  2. fungus in general
    Synonym: mycète
    Hyponyms: ascomycète, basidiomycète
  3. fungal infection
    avoir des champignons ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (informal) accelerator pedal
    Synonym: accélérateur
    appuyer sur le champignon ― to step on it, to floor it, to put the pedal to the metal, to put one's foot down, to step on the gas
    le pied sur le champignon ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    champignon au plancher ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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References

  1. ^ “champignon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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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

 
 

Noun

champignon m (plural champignons)

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