campione

See also: Campione

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin campiōnem, campiōnem (“champion, fighter”), from Frankish *kampijō (or a Lombardic equivalent) from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. [Sense development is unintuitive]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kamˈpjo.ne/
Rhymes: -one
Hyphenation: cam‧pió‧ne

Noun

campione m (plural campioni, feminine campionessa)

(sports) champion, ace, master
Synonym: asso
sample, specimen
un campione di vino ― a sample of wine
freebie
swag

Derived terms

Related terms

campo

Descendants

→ Galician: campión
→ Portuguese: campeão
→ Romanian: campion
→ Spanish: campeón
- → Cebuano: kampyon
- → Tagalog: kampyon

Adjective

campione (invariable)

(sports) champion
squadra campione ― champion team
(relational) sample, model

Anagrams

emancipo, emancipò

Latin

Noun

campiōne

ablative singular of campiō

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