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campfire

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • kămpʹfīr'
  • kămpʹfīər'
  • /ˈkæmpˌfaɪ̯ɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • [ˈkhɛə̯mpˌfaɪ̯ɚ] æ-raising
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 M P F AY2 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fire

History

Etymology

From camp + fire.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Western Apache: deʼdoljééd — fire at a campground
  • Arabic: نَار مُخَيَّم (nār muḵayyam) — fire at a campground
  • Armenian: խարույկ (xaruyk) — fire at a campground
  • Belarusian: во́гнішча (vóhnišča) — fire at a campground
  • Belarusian: касцёр (kascjór) — fire at a campground
  • Catalan: foguera — fire at a campground
  • Catalan: foc — fire at a campground
  • Chinese Mandarin: 營火 /营火 (yínghuǒ) — fire at a campground
  • Czech: táborák — fire at a campground
  • Danish: lejrbål — fire at a campground
  • Danish: bål — fire at a campground
  • Dutch: kampvuur — fire at a campground
  • Esperanto: tendarfajro — fire at a campground
  • Finnish: leirituli — fire at a campground
  • Finnish: nuotio — fire at a campground
  • French: feu de camp — fire at a campground
  • Galician: fogueira — fire at a campground
  • Georgian: კოცონი (ḳoconi) — fire at a campground
  • German: Lagerfeuer — fire at a campground
  • Hungarian: tábortűz — fire at a campground
  • Icelandic: varðeldur — fire at a campground
  • Japanese: キャンプファイヤー (kyanpufaiya) — fire at a campground
  • Kazakh: алау (alau) — fire at a campground
  • Korean: 캠프파이어 (kaempeupaieo) — fire at a campground
  • Korean: 우등불 (udeungbul) — fire at a campground
  • Malay: unggun api — fire at a campground
  • Māori: kōpae — fire at a campground
  • Māori: ahi kōpae — fire at a campground
  • Norwegian: bål — fire at a campground
  • Norwegian: leirbål — fire at a campground
  • Polish: ognisko — fire at a campground
  • Portuguese: fogueira — fire at a campground
  • Quechua: kaña — fire at a campground
  • Romanian: foc de tabără — fire at a campground
  • Russian: костёр (kostjór) — fire at a campground
  • Slovak: táborák — fire at a campground
  • Spanish: fogata — fire at a campground
  • Spanish: hoguera — fire at a campground
  • Spanish: brasero — fire at a campground
  • Spanish: pira — fire at a campground
  • Spanish: fogón — fire at a campground
  • Swedish: lägereld — fire at a campground
  • Turkish: kamp ateşi — fire at a campground
  • Ukrainian: бага́ття (baháttja) — fire at a campground
  • Ukrainian: во́гнище (vóhnyšče) — fire at a campground
  • Ukrainian: ва́тра (vátra) — fire at a campground
  • Vietnamese: lửa trại — fire at a campground