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champignon

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ʃæmˈpɪnjən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæmˈpɪnjən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any mushroom of the genus Agaricus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any mushroom of the genus Agaricus.

Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any mushroom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French champignon.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: шампіньён (šampinʹjón) — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Belarusian: пячуры́ца (pjačurýca) — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Catalan: rubiol — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Catalan: camperol — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Catalan: rovellol — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Catalan: terrerol — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Czech: pečárka — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Czech: žampion — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Danish: champignon — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Dutch: champignon — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Esperanto: agariko — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Estonian: šampinjon — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Finnish: herkkusieni — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • French: agaric — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • French: psalliote — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • German: Champignon — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Hungarian: csiperke — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Icelandic: kempa — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Icelandic: ætisveppur — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Italian: champignon — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Latin: agaricus — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Latvian: atmatene — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Lithuanian: pievagrybis — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Luxembourgish: Champignon — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjampinjong — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Polish: pieczarka — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Portuguese: agárico — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Romanian: ciupercă — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Russian: шампиньо́н (šampinʹón) — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Russian: печери́ца (pečeríca) — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Serbo-Croatian: pečurka — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Serbo-Croatian: печурка — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Slovak: pečiarka — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Slovak: šampiňón — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Slovene: kukmak — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Spanish: agárico — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Swedish: champinjon — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Ukrainian: печери́ця (pečerýcja) — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus
  • Ukrainian: шампіньйо́н (šampinʹjón) — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus