champion
Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitorsActing as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
» He is a potential world champion.
Він потенційний чемпіон світу. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(attributive, not comparable)Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
a champion bodybuilder
(attributive, not comparable)Excellent; beyond compare.
(Ireland, UK, dialectal, not comparable, predicative)Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
"That rollercoaster was champion," laughed Vinny.
- holding first place in a contest
Examples
145 sentencesHe is a potential world champion.
Він потенційний чемпіон світу. — deniko
We are the champions.
Ми чемпіони. — deniko
ruМы чемпионы. — odexed
Tom is the champion.
Том чемпіон. — deniko
ruТом чемпион. — odexed
We're the champions.
Ми чемпіони. — deniko
ruМы чемпионы. — odexed
I played against the champion.
Я грав з чемпіоном. — deniko
ruЯ сыграл с чемпионом. — Lathean
Origin
From Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combFrom Middle English champioun, from Old French champion, from Medieval Latin campio (“combatant in a duel, champion”), from Frankish *kampijō (“fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“combat soldier”), a derivative of *kampijan (“to battle, to campaign”), itself a derivative of *kamp (“battlefield, battle”), ultimately a borrowing in West-Germanic from Latin campus (“a field, a plain, a place of action”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Synonyms
1 synonyms- holding first place in a contest:prizewinning