champion

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən/
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• Australian: /ˈt͡ʃæmpjən/
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• Northumbria: /ˈt͡ʃæmp.jɪn/
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• rhymes with -æmpiən
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• CMU ARPABET: CH AE1 M P IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh2em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh2ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“combat soldier”), a derivative of *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”). Cognate with Old English cæmpa, cempa (“soldier, warrior, champion”), Old High German kempfeo, kempfo (“fighter, warrior, champion”), whence archaic German Kempfe (“fighter”).

* As an English surname of Norman origin, as well as French, from the noun champion. * Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from the placename Champagne.

243 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отличен (otličen) — something very positive
• Danish: mesterlig — something very positive
• Danish: førsteklasses — something very positive
• Dutch: meesterlijk — something very positive
• Dutch: eerste klasse — something very positive
• Finnish: mestari — something very positive
• Pashto: اتل (atël) — something very positive
• Albanian: kampion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Arabic: بَطَل (baṭal) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Arabic: بَطَلَة (baṭala) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Armenian: չեմպիոն (čʻempion) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Asturian: campeón — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Azerbaijani: çempion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Basque: txapeldun — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Belarusian: чэмпіён (čempijón) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Belarusian: чэмпіёнка (čempijónka) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Bulgarian: шампио́н (šampión) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Bulgarian: шампио́нка (šampiónka) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Bulgarian: първене́ц (pǎrvenéc) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Bulgarian: първенка́ (pǎrvenka) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Bulgarian: победител (pobeditel) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Bulgarian: победителка (pobeditelka) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Burmese: ချန်ပီယံ (hkyanpiyam) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Catalan: campió — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Chinese Mandarin: 冠軍 /冠军 (guànjūn) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Crimean Tatar: çempion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Czech: mistr — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Czech: mistryně — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Czech: přeborník — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Czech: šampión — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Danish: mester — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Danish: champion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Dutch: kampioen — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Dutch: kampioene — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Esperanto: ĉampiono — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Esperanto: ĉampionino — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Estonian: meister — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Estonian: tšempion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Faroese: meistari — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Finnish: mestari — someone who has been winner in a contest
• French: champion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• French: championne — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Gagauz: çempion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Galician: campión — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Georgian: ჩემპიონი (čemṗioni) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• German: Sieger — someone who has been winner in a contest
• German: Siegerin — someone who has been winner in a contest
• German: Gewinner — someone who has been winner in a contest
• German: Gewinnerin — someone who has been winner in a contest
• German: Meister — someone who has been winner in a contest
• German: Meisterin — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Greek: πρωταθλητής (protathlitís) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Greek: πρωταθλήτρια (protathlítria) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Ancient Greek: πρόμαχος (prómakhos) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Hebrew: אַלּוּף (alúf) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Hebrew: אַלּוּפָה (alufa) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Hindi: चैंपियन (ca͠ipiyan) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Hungarian: bajnok — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Indonesian: pemenang — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Indonesian: juara — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Indonesian: kampiun — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Irish: curadh — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Irish: seaimpín — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Italian: campione — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Italian: campionessa — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Japanese: チャンピオン (chanpion) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Japanese: 優勝者 (yūshōsha) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Japanese: 王者 (ōja) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Kazakh: чемпион (çempion) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Khmer: ជើងឯក (cəəng ʼaek) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Korean: 챔피언 (chaempieon) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Korean: 우승자 (useungja) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Central Kurdish: پاڵەوان (pallewan) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Kyrgyz: чемпион (cempion) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Latin: adversarius — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Latin: adversaria — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Latvian: čempions — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Latvian: čempione — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Lithuanian: čempionas — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Lithuanian: čempionė — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Low German: Meester — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Low German: Mester — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Low German: Meister — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Low German: Meesterin — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Low German: Meestersch — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Low German: Meestersche — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Low German: Winner — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Low German: Winnerin — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Low German: Winnersch — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Low German: Winnersche — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Macedonian: шампио́н (šampión) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Macedonian: шампио́нка (šampiónka) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Māori: papatū — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Māori: whakaihuwaka — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Māori: toki — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Mongolian: аварга (avarga) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Mongolian: тэмцэгч (temcegč) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Norwegian Bokmål: mester — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Norwegian Nynorsk: meister — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Occitan: campion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Pashto: اتل (atël) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Pashto: اتله (atëla) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Iranian Persian: قَهْرَمان (ġahramân) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Polish: mistrz — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Polish: mistrzyni — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Polish: zwyciężca — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Portuguese: campeão — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Portuguese: campeã — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Romagnol: as — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Romanian: campion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Romanian: campioană — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Russian: чемпио́н (čempión) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Russian: чемпио́нка (čempiónka) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Russian: победи́тель (pobedítelʹ) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Russian: победи́тельница (pobedítelʹnica) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Serbo-Croatian: пр̀ва̄к — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀беднӣк — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀бједнӣк — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Serbo-Croatian: шампѝо̄н — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Serbo-Croatian: pr̀vāk — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Serbo-Croatian: pòbednīk — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Serbo-Croatian: pòbjednīk — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Serbo-Croatian: šampìōn — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Slovak: šampión — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Slovak: majster — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Slovak: majsterka — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Slovak: preborník — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Slovene: prvak — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Slovene: prvakinja — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Spanish: campeón — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Spanish: campeona — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Swahili: bingwa — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Swedish: vinnare — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Swedish: vinnarinna — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Swedish: mästare — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Swedish: mästarinna — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Tajik: қаҳрамон (qahramon) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Tajik: чемпион (čempion) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Tatar: җиңүче (ciñüçe) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Tatar: җиңеп чыгучы (ciñep çığuçı) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Tatar: өстен чыгучы (östen çığuçı) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Thai: แชมเปี้ยน — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Thai: แชมป์ (chɛ́m) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Turkish: şampiyon — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Turkmen: çempion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Ukrainian: чемпіо́н (čempión) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Ukrainian: чемпіо́нка (čempiónka) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Urdu: چَمْپِییَن (campīyan) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Uzbek: chempion — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Vietnamese: quán quân — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Vietnamese: nhà vô địch — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Welsh: hyrwyddwr — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Yiddish: מײַסטער (mayster) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Yiddish: מײַסטערין (maysterin) — someone who has been winner in a contest
• Hungarian: bajnoknő — a female champion
• Arabic: نَصِير (naṣīr) — defender of a cause
• Arabic: نَصِيرَة (naṣīra) — defender of a cause
• Belarusian: змага́р (zmahár) — defender of a cause
• Belarusian: змага́рка (zmahárka) — defender of a cause
• Belarusian: барацьбі́т (baracʹbít) — defender of a cause
• Belarusian: абаро́нца (abarónca) — defender of a cause
• Bulgarian: защи́тник (zaštítnik) — defender of a cause
• Bulgarian: побо́рник (pobórnik) — defender of a cause
• Chinese Mandarin: 擁護者 /拥护者 (yōnghùzhě) — defender of a cause
• Dutch: voorvechter — defender of a cause
• Finnish: puolestapuhuja — defender of a cause
• Finnish: esitaistelija — defender of a cause
• German: Vorkämpfer — defender of a cause
• German: Beschützer — defender of a cause
• German: Fürsprecher — defender of a cause
• Greek: υπέρμαχος (ypérmachos) — defender of a cause
• Greek: υπερασπιστής (yperaspistís) — defender of a cause
• Japanese: 擁護者 (yōgosha) — defender of a cause
• Korean: 옹호자 (onghoja) — defender of a cause
• Latin: propugnator — defender of a cause
• Latin: propugnatrix — defender of a cause
• Latin: praeses — defender of a cause
• Latvian: aizstāvis — defender of a cause
• Macedonian: поборник (pobornik) — defender of a cause
• Macedonian: поборничка (pobornička) — defender of a cause
• Middle English: champioun — defender of a cause
• Norwegian Bokmål: forkjemper — defender of a cause
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forkjempar — defender of a cause
• Pashto: اتل (atël) — defender of a cause
• Pashto: اتله (atëla) — defender of a cause
• Iranian Persian: پَهْلِوان (pahlevân) — defender of a cause
• Polish: obrońca — defender of a cause
• Polish: obrończyni — defender of a cause
• Russian: побо́рник (pobórnik) — defender of a cause
• Russian: побо́рница (pobórnica) — defender of a cause
• Russian: защи́тник (zaščítnik) — defender of a cause
• Russian: защи́тница (zaščítnica) — defender of a cause
• Russian: боре́ц (boréc) — defender of a cause
• Scots: fechter — defender of a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀бо̄рнӣк — defender of a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: загово̀рнӣк — defender of a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: pòbōrnīk — defender of a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: zagovòrnīk — defender of a cause
• Spanish: adalid — defender of a cause
• Spanish: valedor — defender of a cause
• Spanish: abanderado — defender of a cause
• Spanish: defensor — defender of a cause
• Spanish: paladín — defender of a cause
• Spanish: quijote — defender of a cause
• Swedish: förkämpe — defender of a cause
• Ottoman Turkish: آلپ (alp) — defender of a cause
• Ottoman Turkish: یكیت (yigit) — defender of a cause
• Ottoman Turkish: قهرمان (kahraman) — defender of a cause
• Ottoman Turkish: قوچاق (koçak) — defender of a cause
• Ottoman Turkish: پهلوان (pehlevân, pehlivân) — defender of a cause
• Ukrainian: побо́рник (pobórnyk) — defender of a cause
• Ukrainian: побо́рниця (pobórnycja) — defender of a cause
• Ukrainian: захисни́к (zaxysnýk) — defender of a cause
• Ukrainian: захисни́ця (zaxysnýcja) — defender of a cause
• Ukrainian: боре́ць (borécʹ) — defender of a cause
• Ukrainian: оборо́нець (oborónecʹ) — defender of a cause
• Urdu: حِمایَت کار (himāyat kār) — defender of a cause
• Urdu: مُبارِز (mubāriz) — defender of a cause
• Ancient Greek: ὑπέρμαχος (hupérmakhos) — someone who fights on another's behalf
• Latin: prōpugnātor — someone who fights on another's behalf
• Macedonian: перјаник (perjanik) — someone who fights on another's behalf
• Māori: pākai — someone who fights on another's behalf
• Middle English: champioun — someone who fights on another's behalf
• Bulgarian: защитавам (zaštitavam) — to advocate
• Bulgarian: подкрепям (podkrepjam) — to advocate
• Danish: forsvare — to advocate
• Danish: forfægte — to advocate
• Dutch: voorvechten — to advocate
• Finnish: puolustaa — to advocate
• Finnish: taistella jonkun puolesta — to advocate
• French: championner — to advocate
• German: eintreten für — to advocate
• Greek: προασπίζω (proaspízo) — to advocate
• Greek: υπερασπίζομαι (yperaspízomai) — to advocate
• Māori: hapahapai — to advocate
• Māori: kōkiri — to advocate
• Māori: whakatuarā — to advocate
• Russian: защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ) — to advocate
• Russian: отста́ивать (otstáivatʹ) — to advocate
• Spanish: defender — to advocate
• Spanish: abogar por — to advocate
• Swedish: kämpa för — to advocate