campion
English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈkæmpiən/
Noun
campion (plural campions)
- Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
- Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
- 1878, Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Furl of fresh-leaved dogrose down
- 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
- 1878, Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Furl of fresh-leaved dogrose down
Translations
Lychnis
References
- “campion” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian campione, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin campio, campionem, from Frankish *kampijō (or a Lombardic equivalent) from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”); cf. also French champion.
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