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champaign

/tʃæmˈpeɪn/cham-PAYN
/tʃæmˈpeɪn/cham-PAYN

Meaninga plain

Common meaning: open level countryside

Journey through time

  1. Latincampania‘a plain’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsa plain → open countrychampaigne‘open country’source
  3. Englishchampaign‘open level countryside’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin campania ‘a plain’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CHAMPAIGN, p. 103 · dictionary scan

Roots

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