champignon

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champignon

  • /ʃæmˈpɪnjən/ US
  • /t͡ʃæmˈpɪnjən/ UK

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Unadapted borrowing from French champignon.

noun champignons

  1. countable, uncountable Any mushroom of the genus Agaricus.
  2. countable, uncountable Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking. Galette of champignon with bacon was a wet puff pastry shell holding overcooked mushrooms and, as far as we could tell, no bacon.

    Similar: button mushroom, cremini, crimini, cultivated mushroom, portobello, table mushroom

  3. countable, obsolete, uncountable Any mushroom. The Kamtschadales frequently avail themselves, by way of regale, of a venenose species of champignon […]

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noun any mushroom of the genus ''Agaricus''

Españolchampiñón
Portuguêsagárico
Françaisagaric, psalliote
DeutschChampignon
Italianochampignon
Românăciupercă
Русскийшампиньо́н šampinʹón, печери́ца pečeríca

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"champignon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/champignon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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champignon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/champignon

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@misc{champignon_2026,
  title = {champignon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/champignon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}