campion

Other forms of campion

plural

campions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about campion

What does campion mean?

campion means "any plant of the genus Silene".

How many syllables are in campion?

campion has 3 syllables: cam-pi-on. The stress falls on "cam". In IPA it is /ˈkæmpiən/.

What is another word for campion?

Close synonyms include silene, catchfly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is campion a common word?

campion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.