Champy

/ˈtʃæmpi/ adjective

Definition

Resembling or having the characteristics of a champion; informal term suggesting competitive spirit or winning attitude.

Etymology

From champ (informal shortening of champion) + -y (productive English suffix creating adjectives). This is a very informal, colloquial formation likely originating in 20th-century sports slang.

Kelly Says

'Champy' is the kind of word that emerges in sports bars and locker rooms—it's not in most dictionaries because it's too casual and recent, but it perfectly shows how English speakers constantly create new adjectives by adding -y to nouns they want to turn into descriptors.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ቻምፒ
chaṁ-pi
ARالعربية
شامبي
ʃaːm-biː
BNবাংলা
চ্যাম্পি
chaṁ-pi
CACatalà
champy
cham-pi
CSČeština
champy
cham-pi
DADansk
champy
cham-pi
DEDeutsch
Champy
ʃam-pi
ELΕλληνικά
champy
cham-pi
ESEspañol
champy
cham-pee
FAفارسی
شامپی
ʃaːm-pi
FISuomi
champy
cham-pi
FRFrançais
champy
ʃɑ̃-pi
GUGU
ચેમ્પી
cheṁ-pi
HAHA
champy
cham-pi
HEעברית
שמפיי
ʃam-pei
HIहिन्दी
चैंप
chaṁp
HUMagyar
champy
cham-pi
IDBahasa Indonesia
champy
cham-pi
IGIG
champy
cham-pi
ITItaliano
champy
cham-pee
JA日本語
チャンピー
chan-piː
KKKK
Чемпи
chem-pi
KMKM
ចំពី
cham-pi
KO한국어
챔피
chaem-pi
MRMR
चॅंपी
chaṁ-pi
MSBahasa Melayu
champy
cham-pi
MYမြန်မာ
ချမ်းပီ
chaṁ-pi
NLNederlands
champy
cham-pi
NONorsk
champy
cham-pi
PAPA
ਚੈਂਪੀ
chaṁ-pi
PLPolski
champy
cham-pi
PTPortuguês
champy
ʃam-pi
RORomână
champy
cham-pi
RUРусский
Чемпи
chem-pi
SVSvenska
champy
cham-pi
SWKiswahili
champy
cham-pi
TAதமிழ்
சாம்பி
chaṁ-pi
TEతెలుగు
చాంపి
chaṁ-pi
THไทย
แชมปี้
chaem-pee
TLTL
champy
cham-pi
TRTürkçe
champy
çam-pi
UKУкраїнська
Чемпі
chem-pi
URاردو
شامپی
ʃaːm-pi
VITiếng Việt
champy
cham-pi
YOYO
champy
cham-pi
ZH中文
恰姆皮
qià mǔ pí
ZUZU
champy
cham-pi

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