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The French word for mushroom is
champignon





mushroom

Gender

The gender of champignon is masculine. E.g. le champignon.

Plural

The plural of champignon is champignons.

French Definition


mushroom
     1. n. (Botanique) Champignon (Végétal sans feuille ni fleur, généralement constitué d'un mycélium souterrain et d'une partie aérienne, le carpophore : un pied et un chapeau. ).
           When picking mushrooms to eat, it's important to recognize which mushrooms are poisonous.
     2. adj. Qui contient ou fabriqué avec des champignons.
           Mushroom soup.
     3. adj. Qui a l'apparence d'un champignon.
           Mushroom cloud.
     4. v. Pousser comme des champignons, augmenter rapidement
           The town's population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years.
     5. v. Proliférer, multiplier, apparaître un peu partout.
     6. v. Champignonner, cueillir des champignons.



Translations for mushroom and their definitions

champignon ©
     1. n-m. mushroom
           des champignons hallucinogènes - hallucinogenic mushroom, magic mushroom
     2. n-m. fungus in general
     3. n-m. fungal infection
           avoir des champignons
     4. n-m. (informal) accelerator pedal
           appuyer sur le champignon - to step on it, to floor it, to put the pedal to the metal, to put one's foot down, to step on the gas
           le pied sur le champignon
           champignon au plancher
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champignonner
     1. v. to mushroom (grow quickly)
     2. v. to mushroom (to pick mushrooms)


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