Phrase guide

summer camp

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An institution devoted to housing and entertaining children for the summer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To attend summer camp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, rare

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • city kids get to see the country at a summer camp

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: camp

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: site, land site

Narrower terms: day camp

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Alutor: анутваны (anutvanə) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Arabic: مُخَيِّم صَيْفِيّ (muḵayyim ṣayfiyy) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Armenian: մանկական ճամբար (mankakan čambar) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Belarusian: ле́тнік (ljétnik) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Belarusian: ле́тні ла́гер (ljétni láhjer) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Belarusian: дзіця́чы ла́гер (dzicjáčy láhjer) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夏令營 /夏令营 (xiàlìngyíng) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Czech: dětský tábor — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Danish: feriekoloni — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Esperanto: somera kampadejo — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Finnish: kesäleiri — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Finnish: leirikeskus — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Finnish: kesäsiirtola — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • French: colonie de vacances — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • French: camp de vacances — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Galician: campamento de verán — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • German: Ferienlager — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • German: Sommerlager — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Greek: κατασκήνωση (kataskínosi) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Hebrew: קַיְטָנָה (kaytaná) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Hebrew: מַחֲנֵה קַיִץ (makhané káyitz) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Hindi: ग्रीष्म शिविर (grīṣma śivir) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Hindi: समर कैम्प (samar kaimp) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Hungarian: nyári tábor — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Irish: campa samhraidh — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Italian: centro estivo — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Italian: colonia estiva — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Japanese: サマーキャンプ (samā kyanpu) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Korean: 여름 캠프 (yeoreum kaempeu) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sommerleir — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Norwegian Bokmål: feriekoloni — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Polish: kolonia letnia — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Polish: obóz harcerski — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Portuguese: acampamento de verão — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Portuguese: colónia de férias — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Russian: ле́тний ла́герь (létnij lágerʹ) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Russian: пионе́рский ла́герь (pionérskij lágerʹ) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Russian: де́тский ла́герь (détskij lágerʹ) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Serbo-Croatian: летњи камп — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Serbo-Croatian: letnji kamp — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Serbo-Croatian: ljetni kamp — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Slovak: detský tábor — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Spanish: colonia veraniega — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Spanish: campamento de verano — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Swedish: barnkoloni — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Swedish: kollo — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Swedish: sommarläger — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Ukrainian: дитя́чий та́бір (dytjáčyj tábir) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Ukrainian: лі́тній та́бір (lítnij tábir) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
  • Urdu: مَوسَم گَرْما کے کَیمْپ (mausam garmā ke kaimp) — institution devoted to housing and entertaining children