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champion

/ˈtʃæmpiən/CHAM-pee-uhn
/ˈtʃæmpiən/CHAM-pee-uhn

Meaninga fighter in the field

Common meaning: a winner

Other meanings: one who fights for a cause

Journey through time

  1. Latincampus‘a plain, open field’
  2. Old Frenchchampiunsource
  3. Englishchampion‘a winner’ · today

champ also in: campdecampcampaign

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin campus ‘a plain, open field’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry campus, p. 275 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • campus Latin “a plain, open field”

Related words

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