noun · verb · 5 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.
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UK:/ˈkæmpəs/
UK:/ˈkæmpʊs/
General-American:/ˈkæmpəs/
General-American:/ˈkænpəs/
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CMU ARPABET:K AE1 M P AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often
Examples
The campus is sixty hectares in size.
be on campus
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: field
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حَرَم اَلْجَامِعَة
(ḥaram al-jāmiʕa)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Asturian:
campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Bulgarian:
ка́мпус
(kámpus)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Catalan:
campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Chinese Mandarin:
校園 /校园
(xiàoyuán)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Chinese Mandarin:
馆区
(museums)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Czech:
kampus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Czech:
areál
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Dutch:
campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Ewe:
kpodzi
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Finnish:
kampus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
French:
campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Galician:
campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
German:
Campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
German:
Universitätsgelände
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
German:
Unigelände
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
German:
Hochschulgelände
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Hebrew:
קמפוס
(kámpus)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Hindi:
परिसर
(parisar)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Hindi:
प्रांगण
(prāṅgaṇ)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Indonesian:
kampus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Irish:
campas
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Italian:
campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Japanese:
キャンパス
(kyanpasu)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Korean:
캠퍼스
(kaempeoseu)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Malay:
kampus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Māori:
papa akoranga
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Persian:
پردیس
(pardis)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Polish:
kampus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Portuguese:
campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Romanian:
campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Romanian:
teren universitar
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Russian:
ка́мпус
(kámpus)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Scottish Gaelic:
àrainn
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Serbo-Croatian:
кампус
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Serbo-Croatian:
kampus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Spanish:
campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Swahili:
kampasi
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Swedish:
campus
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Thai:
วิทยาเขต
(wít-tá-yaa-kèet)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Turkish:
kampüs
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Turkish:
yerleşke
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Ukrainian:
ка́мпус
(kámpus)
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Vietnamese:
khuôn viên
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Vietnamese:
khu học xá
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Vietnamese:
sân trường
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Vietnamese:
cơ sở
— grounds or property of a school, etc.
Ewe:
kpodzi
— An institution of higher education and its ambiance
Irish:
campas
— An institution of higher education and its ambiance
Japanese:
キャンパス
(kyanpasu)
— An institution of higher education and its ambiance
Korean:
캠퍼스
(kaempeoseu)
— An institution of higher education and its ambiance
Māori:
papa akoranga
— An institution of higher education and its ambiance
Russian:
ка́мпус
(kámpus)
— An institution of higher education and its ambiance
Vietnamese:
khu trường
— An institution of higher education and its ambiance
