Mushroom

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Synonyms 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Intransitive verb

English

Etymology

Altered form of Middle English musheron , musseron , from Old French mousseron , from late Latin musario .

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
GenAm	/ˈmʌʃˌrum/	/"mVS%rum/

• Hyphenation: mush·room
• Rhymes: -ʌʃruːm

Noun

mushroom (plural: mushrooms)

1. A fungus with a spore-bearing fruit consisting of a stem and a cap.
2. The spore-bearing fruit of such a fungus.

Derived terms

• magic mushroom
• mushroom cloud

Translations

• Chinese Characters: 圥
• Dutch: paddestoel m (1,2), zwam m (1,2)
• Estonian: seen
• Finnish: sieni (1, 2), itiöemä (2)
• French: champignon m
• German: Pilz m
• Greek, Ancient: μύκης f (mycēs, 1)
• Polish: grzyb m
• Tok Pisin: papai , talinga

Synonyms

• fungus
• toadstool

See also

• Wikipedia article on mushrooms

Intransitive verb

mushroom (past and past participle: mushroomed)

1. to grow quickly to a large size