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champignon

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See also: Champignon and champigñón

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French champignon.

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Noun

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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[1]:
      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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French champignon.

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champignon

  1. champignon

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French champignon, from Middle French champignon.

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

Noun

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champignon m (plural champignons, diminutive champignonnetje n)

  1. a champignon, a button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus

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individual species

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French

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Etymology

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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.[1]

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champignon m (plural champignons)

  1. mushroom
    des champignons hallucinogèneshallucinogenic 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 champignonto 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

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

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French champignon.

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champignon m (invariable)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French champignon.

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champignon

  1. alternative form of sjampinjong

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Portuguese

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Unadapted borrowing from French champignon.

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

Noun

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champignon m (plural champignons)

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