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champignon

mushroom

noun shahm-peen-YOHN Less Common
Food & Drink Vegetables

Also means

fungus

Usage Note

champignon refers to edible mushrooms in cooking and fungi in biology. Le champignon de Paris is the common white button mushroom, a staple of French cuisine. In informal French, appuyer sur le champignon means 'to step on the gas' (accelerator pedal).

Examples

"Elle a préparé une omelette aux champignons."

Natural Translation

She made a mushroom omelette.

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