champion

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
2. Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
3. Someone who fights for a cause or status.
4. Someone who fights on another's behalf.
5. A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.

Adj

1. (attributive, not-comparable) Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
2. (attributive, not-comparable) Excellent; beyond compare.
3. (British, Ireland, dialectal, not-comparable, predicative) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.

Verb

1. (transitive) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
2. (obsolete, transitive) To challenge.

Concepts

champion

défendre

championne

paladin

avant-garde

campagne

champagne

🍾

colosse

combattant

expert

gagnant

gagner

géant

génie

🧞

héros

🦸‍♂️

maître

pionnier

préconiser

professer

protagoniste

sensation

gagneur

vainqueur

zélateur

commandant suprême

admirateur

championner

amateur

ami

as

Synonymes

hero

🦸‍♂️

winner

champ

advocate

title-holder

victor

fighter

defend

conqueror

master

warrior

paladin

protagonist

booster

knight

admirer

supporter

adept

expert

prizewinning

mavin

maven

defender

genius

ace

athlete

cavalier

friend

heroine

🦸‍♀️

hotshot

maintain

prizewinner

sensation

star

⭐

superstar

upholder

vanquisher

vindicator

virtuoso

whiz

whizz

wiz

wizard

medalist

medallist

militant

outstanding

oversize

champagne

🍾

paragon

past master

pioneer

preacher

premier

supreme ruler

prize-winner

campaigner

promoter

boxer

protect

protector

record-holder

red-hot

recordsman

shield

🛡️

soonest

spearhead

stand up for

2

stickle

struggle

cup-holder

support

assertor

tilt

titleholder

title holder

defend from

tops

uphold

push for

support fight for

very good

very well

veteran

vindicate

good fighter

overthrowing a man

assert

well

give an incentive

terrace in base

win

advocator

winners

champaine

shapourne

wright

zealot

argue for

record-breaker

best

giant

gallant

adjutant

adherent

husband

🤵

fight

leader

leading

lord

top-rank

excellent

mastermind

combat

chief

Traductions

campeón

kampioen

Meister

voorvechter

Sieger

şampiyon

Champion

Vorkämpfer

Verfechter

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃæmpiən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: champioun

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-West Germanic *-jan
Proto-West Germanic *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Proto-West Germanic *-jō
Frankish *kampijōbor.
Medieval Latin campiō
Old French champiunbor.
Middle English champioun
English champion
From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“combat soldier”), a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”). By surface analysis champ + -ion.

Phrases

Chandler won , becoming known as the American middleweight champion .

Chandler a gagné, devenant connu comme le champion américain des poids moyens.