champignon

champignon

See also: Champignon and champigñón

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French champignon.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃæmˈpɪnjən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæmˈpɪnjən/

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 […]

Synonyms

• (Agaricus bisporus): button mushroom, cremini, crimini, cultivated mushroom, portobello mushroom, table mushroom

Derived terms

• fairy ring champignon

Translations

Agaricus bisporus

Azerbaijani: şampinyon Belarusian: пячурыца f (pjačuryca) Chinese: Mandarin: 食用傘菌／食用伞菌 (shíyòng sǎnjūn), 食用香草 (shíyòng xiāngcǎo), 香蕈 (zh) (xiāngxùn), 双孢蘑菇 (shuāngbāo mógu), 洋菇 (yánggū), 口蘑 (zh) (kǒumó) Czech: pečárka dvouvýtrusná f, žampion dvouvýtrusný m Danish: champignon (da) c Dutch: champignon (nl) m Esperanto: ĉampinjono Finnish: herkkusieni (fi) French: champignon (fr) m German: Champignon (de) m Greek: Ancient: βωλίτης m (bōlítēs) Hungarian: kétspórás csiperke (hu) Ido: champiniono (io) Japanese: マッシュルーム (ja) (masshurūmu), 作り茸 (つくりたけ, tsukuritake) Kazakh: қозықұйрық (qozyqūiryq) Macedonian: шампињо́н m (šampinjón) Norwegian: sjampinjong m Persian: قارچ خوراکی‎ (qārč-e xorākī) Polish: pieczarka (pl) Portuguese: champignon (pt) m, champinhom (pt) m, champinhão m Romanian: șampion m Russian: шампиньо́н (ru) m (šampinʹón) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шампѝњо̄н m Roman: šampìnjōn (sh) m Slovene: šampinjon (sl) m Spanish: champiñón común m, champiñón (es) m (Lat. Amer.) Swedish: champinjon (sv) c Ukrainian: печери́ця f (pečerýcja), шампіньйо́н m (šampinʹjón) Volapük: jaben (vo)

See also

• Agaricus bisporus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French champignon, from Middle French champignon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃɑmpi(n)ˈjɔn/

• Audio

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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.

Derived terms

• champignonsaus
• champignonsoep

- individual species:

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

 

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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

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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!

Derived terms

• appuyer sur le champignon
• champignon chinois
• champignonner
• champignonneux
• champignonnière
• champignonniste
• pousser comme des champignons

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: xampinyó
• → Crimean Tatar: şampinyon
• → Danish: champignon
• → Dutch: champignon
• → English: champignon
• → Galician: champiñón
• → German: Champignon
• → Italian: champignon
• → Luxembourgish: Champignon
• → Portuguese: champignon
• → Serbo-Croatian: šampìnjōn, шампѝњо̄н
• → Spanish: champiñón

See also

• fongus

Further reading

• “champignon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French champignon.

Noun

champignon m (invariable)

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French champignon.

Noun

champignon

1. alternative form of sjampinjong

References

• “champignon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• champinhom, champinhão (rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French champignon.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ̃.pĩˈɲõ/ [ʃɐ̃.pĩˈj̃õ]

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ̃.piˈɲõ/

Noun

champignon m (plural champignons)

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