name
Meaning 1
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
campion
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkæmpiən/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 M P IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
An abandoned townsite, now a locality in the Shire of Nungarin in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
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noun
Meaning 5
Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
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noun
Meaning 6
any plant of the genus Silene
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: silene, catchfly
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Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: moss campion, Silene acaulis, wild pink, Silene caroliniana, red campion, red bird's eye, Silene dioica, Lychnis dioica, white campion, evening lychnis, white cockle, bladder campion, Silene latifolia, Lychnis alba, fire pink, Silene virginica, Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris
History
Etymology
Likely from Middle English campion, a variant of champioun; see champion. In classical times, the rose campion was fitted in garlands used to crown victors.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: kohoutek — Lychnis
- Faroese: akkuleya — Lychnis
- Faroese: leygingargras — Lychnis
- Finnish: käenkukka — Lychnis
- German: Pechnelke — Lychnis
- Hungarian: kakukkszegfű — Lychnis
- Russian: зо́рька (zórʹka) — Lychnis
- Bulgarian: плюскавиче (pljuskaviče) — Silene
- Czech: silenka — Silene
- Faroese: bjargablóma — Silene
- Faroese: túvublóma — Silene
- Finnish: kohokki — Silene
- German: Leimkraut — Silene
- Hungarian: habszegfű — Silene
- Hungarian: sziléne — Silene
- Ido: sileno — Silene
- Russian: смолёвка (smoljóvka) — Silene