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campground

noun · 3 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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  • General-American: /ˈkæmpˌɡɹaʊnd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 M P G R AW2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An area where tents are pitched.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: campsite, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: site, land site

History

Etymology

From camp + ground.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: къ́мпинг (kǎ́mping) — area for tents
  • Catalan: campament — area for tents
  • Catalan: càmping — area for tents
  • Chinese Mandarin: 露營場所 /露营场所 (lùyíng chǎngsuǒ) — area for tents
  • Chinese Mandarin: 野營地 /野营地 (yěyíngdì) — area for tents
  • Chinese Mandarin: 營地 /营地 (yíngdì) — area for tents
  • Dutch: camping — area for tents
  • Finnish: leirintäalue — area for tents
  • Finnish: leiri — area for tents
  • Finnish: leiripaikka — area for tents
  • French: terrain de camping — area for tents
  • German: Campingplatz — area for tents
  • German: Zeltplatz — area for tents
  • Hungarian: kemping — area for tents
  • Hungarian: táborhely — area for tents
  • Irish: láthair champála — area for tents
  • Japanese: キャンプ場 (kyampu-jō) — area for tents
  • Korean: 캠프장 (kaempeujang) — area for tents
  • Polish: pole namiotowe — area for tents
  • Polish: obozowisko — area for tents
  • Polish: kemping — area for tents
  • Portuguese: camping — area for tents
  • Romanian: camping — area for tents
  • Russian: площа́дка для ке́мпинга (ploščádka dlja kémpinga) — area for tents
  • Russian: площа́дка для ла́геря (ploščádka dlja lágerja) — area for tents
  • Serbo-Croatian: kamp — area for tents
  • Swedish: campingplats — area for tents
  • Chinese Mandarin: 露營集會處 /露营集会处 (lùyíng jíhuìchù) — area where a camp meeting is held
  • Finnish: leiri — area where a camp meeting is held
  • Finnish: leirikeskus — area where a camp meeting is held
  • Polish: pole kempingowe — area where a camp meeting is held
  • Portuguese: camping — area where a camp meeting is held
  • Portuguese: acampamento — area where a camp meeting is held
Real reading context

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