champ

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.4 References 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmp

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

champ (plural champs)

1. (countable) Abbreviation of champion.

[edit] Etymology 2

uncertain, probably imitative

[edit] Noun

champ (countable and uncountable; plural champs)

1. (Irish, uncountable) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions

[edit] Verb

to champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed)

1. to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• chomp

[edit] Related terms

• champ at the bit

[edit] References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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[edit] French

Wikipedia ^fr

[edit] Etymology

From Latin campus (“‘field’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

•  champ^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

champ m. (plural champs)

1. field (wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals)
2. field (area of study)
3. (mathematics) field

[edit] Derived terms

• champ gravitationnel