"campion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæmpiən/ Forms: campions [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|fro|la}}, {{inh|en|enm|campion}} Middle English campion, {{doublet|en|champion|notext=1}} champion Head templates: {{en-noun}} campion (plural campions)
  1. Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis. Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Flowers Translations (Lychnis): kohoutek [masculine] (Czech), akkuleya [feminine] (Faroese), leygingargras [neuter] (Faroese), käenkukka (Finnish), Pechnelke [feminine] (German), kakukkszegfű (Hungarian), зо́рька (zórʹka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-campion-en-noun-hpv~YB5A Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 54 46 Disambiguation of Flowers: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'Lychnis': 70 30
  2. Any flowering plant of the genus Silene. Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Flowers Translations (Silene): плюскавиче (pljuskaviče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), silenka [feminine] (Czech), bjargablóma [feminine] (Faroese), túvublóma [feminine] (Faroese), kohokki (Finnish), Leimkraut [neuter] (German), habszegfű (Hungarian), sziléne (Hungarian), sileno (Ido), смолёвка (smoljóvka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-campion-en-noun-YNwo7tyO Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 54 46 Disambiguation of Flowers: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'Silene': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alpine campion (alt: syn. Lychnis alpina) (taxonomic: Viscaria alpina), bladder campion (taxonomic: Silene vulgaris), evening campion (alt: syn. Lychnis alba) (taxonomic: Silene latifolia subsp. alba), meadow campion (taxonomic: Lychnis flos-cuculi), morning campion (taxonomic: Silene dioica), moss campion (taxonomic: Silene acaulis), red campion (english: Silene dioica; Lychnis sect. Agrostemma), rose campion (alt: syn. Lychnis coronaria) (taxonomic: Silene coronaria), sea campion (taxonomic: Silene uniflora subsp. uniflora) (english: syn. (for both, different authors) Silene maritima), snowy campion (taxonomic: Silene nivea), starry campion (taxonomic: Silene stellata), white campion (alt: syn. Lychnis alba) (taxonomic: Silene latifolia subsp. alba)

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Silene",
      "word": "habszegfű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Silene",
      "word": "sziléne"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Silene",
      "word": "sileno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smoljóvka",
      "sense": "Silene",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смолёвка"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "campion"
  ],
  "word": "campion"
}

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