champion
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Frankish *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Frankish *-jan
Frankish *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Frankish *-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”).
Inflected forms:
form: champions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: champions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: championing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: championed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: championed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
pos: noun
examples: The defending champion is expected to defeat his challenger.
Curry, a four-time NBA champion with the Warriors, played for the Wildcats for three seasons between 2006 and 2009, where he was twice named conference player of the year.
gloss: Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
pos: noun
examples: Barcelona is eligible to play in FIFA Club World Cup as the champion of Europe.
gloss: Someone who fights for a cause or status.
pos: noun
examples: Emmeline Pankhurst was a champion of women's suffrage.
Specific outcomes from this policy included the appointment of a Digital Champion to drive forward the efforts to get more of the excluded to be included.
gloss: Someone who fights on another's behalf.
pos: noun
examples: champion of the poor
gloss: A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.
pos: noun
examples: Pictured above is an actual photograph of a Regal Lily that famed all over the world. It's a champion plant—because in one season it produced a total of 89 blooms from one bulb, an amazing record among lilies.
There was a news clipping there with a photo of a magnificent American elm, which had just been named the champion for its species, the largest of its kind.
He [Matthew Olson] was searching for red maple trees to be tapped for syrup as part of the Stockton Maple Project when he came across the new champion tree.
gloss: Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
pos: adj
tags: attributive
not-comparable
examples: a champion bodybuilder
gloss: Excellent; beyond compare.
pos: adj
tags: attributive
not-comparable
gloss: Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
pos: adj
tags: Ireland
UK
dialectal
not-comparable
predicative
examples: "That rollercoaster was champion," laughed Vinny.
gloss: To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: While obviously championing the Bluebell [Railway], Beardmore is keen for the 'big railway' to consider utilising what preserved railways can provide.
gloss: To challenge.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
Related words: championship
Derived words: champion data
champion-elect
championess
champion-in-chief
champion in chief
championize
championless
championlike
chumpion
cochampion
consensus national champion
e-champion
Fruit Ninja champion
hidden champion
nonchampion
vice-champion
world champion
championer
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: kampion
lang: Arabic
word: بَطَل
roman: baṭal
lang: Arabic
word: بَطَلَة
roman: baṭala
lang: Armenian
word: չեմպիոն
roman: čʻempion
lang: Asturian
word: campeón
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çempion
lang: Basque
word: txapeldun
lang: Belarusian
word: чэмпіён
roman: čempijón
lang: Belarusian
word: чэмпіёнка
roman: čempijónka
lang: Bulgarian
word: шампио́н
roman: šampión
lang: Bulgarian
word: шампио́нка
roman: šampiónka
lang: Bulgarian
word: първене́ц
roman: pǎrvenéc
lang: Bulgarian
word: първенка́
roman: pǎrvenka
lang: Bulgarian
word: победител
roman: pobeditel
lang: Bulgarian
word: победителка
roman: pobeditelka
lang: Catalan
word: campió
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 冠軍 /冠军
roman: guànjūn
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: çempion
lang: Czech
word: mistr
lang: Czech
word: mistryně
lang: Czech
word: přeborník
lang: Czech
word: šampión
lang: Danish
word: mester
lang: Danish
word: champion
lang: Dutch
word: kampioen
lang: Dutch
word: kampioene
lang: Esperanto
word: ĉampiono
lang: Esperanto
word: ĉampionino
lang: Estonian
word: meister
lang: Estonian
word: tšempion
lang: Faroese
word: meistari
lang: Finnish
word: mestari
lang: French
word: champion
lang: French
word: championne
lang: Gagauz
word: çempion
lang: Galician
word: campión
lang: Georgian
word: ჩემპიონი
roman: čemṗioni
lang: German
word: Sieger
lang: German
word: Siegerin
lang: German
word: Gewinner
lang: German
word: Gewinnerin
lang: German
word: Meister
lang: German
word: Meisterin
lang: Greek
word: πρωταθλητής
roman: protathlitís
lang: Greek
word: πρωταθλήτρια
roman: protathlítria
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πρόμαχος
roman: prómakhos
lang: Hebrew
word: אַלּוּף
roman: alúf
lang: Hebrew
word: אַלּוּפָה
roman: alufa
lang: Hindi
word: चैंपियन
roman: ca͠ipiyan
lang: Hungarian
word: bajnok
lang: Indonesian
word: pemenang
lang: Indonesian
word: juara
lang: Indonesian
word: kampiun
lang: Irish
word: curadh
lang: Irish
word: seaimpín
lang: Italian
word: campione
lang: Italian
word: campionessa
lang: Japanese
word: チャンピオン
roman: chanpion
lang: Japanese
word: 優勝者
roman: yūshōsha
lang: Japanese
word: 王者
roman: ōja
lang: Kazakh
word: чемпион
roman: çempion
lang: Khmer
word: ជើងឯក
roman: cəəng ʼaek
lang: Korean
word: 챔피언
roman: chaempieon
lang: Korean
word: 우승자
roman: useungja
lang: Central Kurdish
word: پاڵەوان
roman: pallewan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чемпион
roman: cempion
lang: Latin
word: adversarius
lang: Latin
word: adversaria
lang: Latvian
word: čempions
lang: Latvian
word: čempione
lang: Lithuanian
word: čempionas
lang: Lithuanian
word: čempionė
lang: Low German
word: Meester
lang: Low German
word: Mester
lang: Low German
word: Meister
lang: Low German
word: Meesterin
lang: Low German
word: Meestersch
lang: Low German
word: Meestersche
lang: Low German
word: Winner
lang: Low German
word: Winnerin
lang: Low German
word: Winnersch
lang: Low German
word: Winnersche
lang: Macedonian
word: шампио́н
roman: šampión
lang: Macedonian
word: шампио́нка
roman: šampiónka
lang: Māori
word: papatū
lang: Māori
word: whakaihuwaka
lang: Māori
word: toki
lang: Mongolian
word: аварга
roman: avarga
lang: Mongolian
word: тэмцэгч
roman: temcegč
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: mester
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: meister
lang: Occitan
word: campion
lang: Pashto
word: اتل
roman: atël
lang: Pashto
word: اتله
roman: atëla
lang: Iranian Persian
word: قَهْرَمان
roman: ġahramân
lang: Polish
word: mistrz
lang: Polish
word: mistrzyni
lang: Polish
word: zwyciężca
lang: Portuguese
word: campeão
lang: Portuguese
word: campeã
lang: Romagnol
word: as
lang: Romanian
word: campion
lang: Romanian
word: campioană
lang: Russian
word: чемпио́н
roman: čempión
lang: Russian
word: чемпио́нка
roman: čempiónka
lang: Russian
word: победи́тель
roman: pobedítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: победи́тельница
roman: pobedítelʹnica
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gaisgeach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пр̀ва̄к
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̀беднӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̀бједнӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шампѝо̄н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pr̀vāk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pòbednīk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pòbjednīk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šampìōn
lang: Slovak
word: šampión
lang: Slovak
word: majster
lang: Slovak
word: majsterka
lang: Slovak
word: preborník
lang: Slovene
word: prvak
lang: Slovene
word: prvakinja
lang: Spanish
word: campeón
lang: Spanish
word: campeona
lang: Swahili
word: bingwa
lang: Swedish
word: vinnare
lang: Swedish
word: vinnarinna
lang: Swedish
word: mästare
lang: Swedish
word: mästarinna
lang: Tajik
word: қаҳрамон
roman: qahramon
lang: Tajik
word: чемпион
roman: čempion
lang: Tatar
word: җиңүче
roman: ciñüçe
lang: Tatar
word: җиңеп чыгучы
roman: ciñep çığuçı
lang: Tatar
word: өстен чыгучы
roman: östen çığuçı
lang: Thai
word: แชมเปี้ยน
lang: Thai
word: แชมป์
roman: chɛ́m
lang: Turkish
word: şampiyon
lang: Turkmen
word: çempion
lang: Ukrainian
word: чемпіо́н
roman: čempión
lang: Ukrainian
word: чемпіо́нка
roman: čempiónka
lang: Urdu
word: چَمْپِییَن
roman: campīyan
lang: Uzbek
word: chempion
lang: Vietnamese
word: quán quân
lang: Vietnamese
word: nhà vô địch
lang: Welsh
word: hyrwyddwr
lang: Yiddish
word: מײַסטער
roman: mayster
lang: Yiddish
word: מײַסטערין
roman: maysterin
lang: Hungarian
word: bajnoknő