champ

== English == === Etymology 1 === Clipping of champion / championship. ==== Pronunciation ==== (US, UK, General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃæmp/ Rhymes: -æmp ==== Noun ==== champ (plural champs) (colloquial) Clipping of champion. (colloquial, in the plural) Clipping of championship. (informal) Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed) (informal) To act or behave like a champ; to endure. [with it or up] === Etymology 2 === From Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally imitative. ==== Pronunciation ==== (US, UK, General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃæmp/ Rhymes: -æmp ==== Noun ==== champ (usually uncountable, plural champs) (Ireland) A dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions. Synonym: poundies ==== Verb ==== champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed) (ambitransitive) To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently. 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 166, ¶ 18 The man beside him placed a cigar between Mallow’s teeth and lit it. He champed on one of his own and said, “You must be overworked. Maybe you need a long rest.” ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Derived terms ==== champ at the bit chomp thick as champ === Etymology 3 === From champagne by shortening. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʃæmp/ ==== Noun ==== champ (uncountable) (informal) Champagne. 2009, The Lonely Island (featuring T-Pain), "I'm on a Boat", Incredibad: We're drinkin' Santana champ, 'cause it's so crisp === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from French champ m (“field”). Doublet of campus and camp. ==== Alternative forms ==== champe (obsolete?) ==== Noun ==== champ (plural champs) (architecture, obsolete or rare) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief. (heraldry, obsolete or rare) The field of a shield. ==== Verb ==== champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed) (heraldry) To set (a surface) with a champ (a contrasting field or background). [with with] === Etymology 5 === Blend of church +‎ camp or back-formation from champing. ==== Verb ==== champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed) To camp overnight in a historic church as a novelty or part of a holiday. ===== Related terms ===== glamp === References === “champ” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. == Chinese == === Etymology === Clipping of English champion. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === champ (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang, of a person) champion; brilliant; superb == Franco-Provençal == === Alternative forms === tsan (Valdôtain) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin campus m. === Noun === champ m (plural champs) (ORB, broad) field === References === champ in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca champ in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French champ, from Old French champ m, inherited from Latin campus m (“field”). Doublet of camp m and campus m. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃/ Homophones: champs, chant, chants Hyphenation: champ === Noun === champ m (plural champs) field in its various senses, including: a wide open space an area of study (mathematics) a vector field, tensor field, or scalar field (but not a commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse, cf. corps m) (heraldry) the background of a shield's design ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: champ === Further reading === “champ”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French champ m (e.i.). === Pronunciation === === Noun === champ m (plural champs) field ==== Descendants ==== French: champ m→ English: champ >? French: camp m → Dutch: kamp nAfrikaans: kampPetjo: kamp→ Indonesian: kamp→ Sranan Tongo: kampu→ Caribbean Javanese: kampu == Old French == === Alternative forms === camp (northern) chanp === Etymology === Inherited from Latin campus m. === Pronunciation === (classical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃamp/ (northern) IPA(key): /ˈkamp/ === Noun === champ oblique singular, m (oblique plural chans, nominative singular chans, nominative plural champ) field (by extension) battlefield ==== Descendants ==== (Some via the northern variant camp.) Champenois: champ ? (Troyen), taim ? (Rémois) Franc-Comtois: tchaimp m Middle French: champ mFrench: champ m→ English: champ>? French: camp m→ Dutch: kamp nAfrikaans: kampPetjo: kamp→ Indonesian: kamp→ Sranan Tongo: kampu→ Caribbean Javanese: kampu Norman: camp m (Guernsey) Poitevin-Saintongeais: chanp m Picard: camp ? Walloon: tchamp ? == Scots == === Etymology === Late Middle English, probably imitative. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tʃam], [tʃamp], [dʒam], [dʒamp] === Verb === champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champin, simple past and past participle champit) to mash, crush, pound to chew voraciously ==== Derived terms ==== champer (“an implement for mashing or crushing etc., a pestle”) champers (“mashed potatoes”) === Noun === champ (plural champs) (geography) a stretch of ground trodden into a miry state, a quagmire == Welsh == === Noun === champ aspirate mutation of camp === Mutation ===