champignon
button mushroom
noun sham-pee-NYOHN Rare
Origin: French champignon (mushroom), from champ (field)
Usage Note
Champignon is a French loanword used in Italian for the common cultivated mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). It is masculine, invariable in the plural (i champignon), and always written with French spelling. In menus and recipes it appears frequently; the generic word for mushroom in Italian is fungo.
Examples
"Ho preparato un risotto ai champignon."
Natural Translation
I made a mushroom risotto.
Literal Translation
I-have prepared a risotto with-the champignons.
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