champiñón

Spanish

Alternative forms

• champigñón

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s

Proto-Italic *kampos

Latin campus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āneus

Late Latin campāneusder.

Vulgar Latin *campāniolus

Old French champegnuel

French champignonbor.

Spanish champiñón

Borrowed from French champignon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃampiˈɲon/ [t͡ʃãm.piˈɲõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: cham‧pi‧ñón

Noun

champiñón m (plural champiñones)

1. button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)
2. (colloquial) mushroom

   Synonyms: (Chile) callampa, hongo, seta

3. (colloquial, humorous) fungus, mold

   Synonym: moho

Derived terms

• champiñón ostra

Further reading

• “champiñón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025