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Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]campion (plural campions)
- Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
- Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
- 1918, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “[Poem 63]”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, →OCLC, stanza 4, page 83:
- Then over his turnèd temples—here— / Was a rose, or, failing that, / Rough-Robin or five-lipped campion clear / For a beauty-bow to his hat, […]
Derived terms
[edit]- alpine campion (Viscaria alpina, syn. Lychnis alpina)
- bladder campion (Silene vulgaris)
- evening campion (Silene latifolia subsp. alba, syn. Lychnis alba)
- meadow campion (Lychnis flos-cuculi)
- morning campion (Silene dioica)
- moss campion (Silene acaulis)
- red campion (Silene dioica; Lychnis sect. Agrostemma)
- rose campion (Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria)
- sea campion (Silene vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, Silene uniflora subsp. uniflora, syn. (for both, different authors) Silene maritima)
- snowy campion (Silene nivea)
- starry campion (Silene stellata)
- white campion (Silene latifolia subsp. alba, syn. Lychnis alba)
Translations
[edit]Lychnis
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Silene
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References
[edit]- “campion”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Occitan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin campiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]campion m (plural campions, feminine campiona, feminine plural campionas)
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian campione, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin campiō, campiōnem, from Frankish *kampijō (or a Lombardic equivalent) from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”); cf. also French champion.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]campion m (plural campioni, feminine equivalent campioană)
Declension
[edit]Declension of campion
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) campion | campionul | (niște) campioni | campionii |
genitive/dative | (unui) campion | campionului | (unor) campioni | campionilor |
vocative | campionule | campionilor |
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