campeão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian campione (cf. also French champion)[1], from Medieval Latin or Late Latin campiō, campiōnem (“champion, fighter”), from Frankish *kampijō (or a Lombardic equivalent) from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Noun

campeão m (plural campeões, feminine campeã, feminine plural campeãs)

  1. champion

References
  1. http://www.aulete.com.br/campeao
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