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.

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

• campionamento
• campionare
• campionario
• campionato
• campioncino
• campionissimo
• campionista

Related terms

• campo

Descendants

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

Adjective

campione (invariable)

1. (sports) champion

   squadra campione ― champion team

2. (relational) sample, model

Anagrams

• emancipo, emancipò

Latin

Noun

campiōne

1. ablative singular of campiō