Standard Lemma guide

camping

noun · verb · 4 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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  • /ˈkæmp.ɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æmpɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 M P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Camping is a favorite summer activity.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of setting up a camp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of camp

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: encampment, bivouacking, tenting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَخْيِيم (taḵyīm) — recreational activity
  • Bulgarian: къмпинг (kǎmping) — recreational activity
  • Catalan: acampada — recreational activity
  • Catalan: càmping — recreational activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 露營 /露营 (lùyíng) — recreational activity
  • Danish: camping — recreational activity
  • Esperanto: tendumado — recreational activity
  • Estonian: telkimine — recreational activity
  • Finnish: leirintä — recreational activity
  • Finnish: camping — recreational activity
  • French: camping — recreational activity
  • French: campisme — recreational activity
  • German: Camping — recreational activity
  • German: Zelten — recreational activity
  • Greek: κατασκήνωση (kataskínosi) — recreational activity
  • Hebrew: קֶמְפִּינְג (kémping) — recreational activity
  • Hungarian: táborozás — recreational activity
  • Hungarian: kempingezés — recreational activity
  • Icelandic: útilega — recreational activity
  • Indonesian: perkemahan — recreational activity
  • Irish: campáil — recreational activity
  • Italian: campeggio — recreational activity
  • Japanese: キャンプ (kyanpu) — recreational activity
  • Japanese: キャンピング (kyanpingu) — recreational activity
  • Khmer: ជំរំ (cumrum) — recreational activity
  • Korean: 캠핑 (kaemping) — recreational activity
  • Malay: perkhemahan — recreational activity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: camping — recreational activity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: camping — recreational activity
  • Ojibwe: gabeshiwin — recreational activity
  • Persian: کمپینگ (kamping) — recreational activity
  • Polish: kemping — recreational activity
  • Portuguese: camping — recreational activity
  • Portuguese: campismo — recreational activity
  • Romanian: camping — recreational activity
  • Russian: жизнь в палатке (žiznʹ v palatke) — recreational activity
  • Russian: прожива́ние в лагере (proživánije v lagere) — recreational activity
  • Scottish Gaelic: campadh — recreational activity
  • Spanish: camping (campin) — recreational activity
  • Spanish: campismo — recreational activity
  • Swedish: camping — recreational activity
  • Turkish: kampçılık — recreational activity
  • Vietnamese: cắm trại — recreational activity
  • Walloon: campigne — recreational activity
  • Welsh: gwersyllu — recreational activity
  • Welsh: gwersylla — recreational activity
  • Danish: camping — act
  • Finnish: leiriytyminen — act
  • Spanish: acampada — act
  • Spanish: campamiento — act
  • Spanish: acampamento — act
Real reading context

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