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)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Galician: campión
  • → Portuguese: campeão
  • → Romanian: campion
  • → Spanish: campeón

Adjective

campione (invariable)

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

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

campiōne

  1. ablative singular of campiō
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