camping

See also: Camping, cámping, and càmping

English

People camping by Barriere Lake in Barriere, British Columbia, Canada

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæmp.ɪŋ/

Verb

camping

1. present participle of camp

Noun

camping (countable and uncountable, plural campings)

1. (uncountable) The recreational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation, usually in the wilderness.

   Camping is a favorite summer activity.

2. (countable) The act of setting up a camp.
   • 1848, The North British Review (volume 9, page 17)

     In some quarters, indeed, it was different — the troops bivouacked in many places. It was a strange and an unpleasing sight to see these campings in the heart of a city, yet it was picturesque in the extreme.

Derived terms

• boutique camping
• camping chair
• camping coach
• camping gas
• camping ground
• camping mat
• camping site
• camping stove
• canoe camping
• glamping
• stealth camping
• tent camping
• vamping

 

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: къмпинг (kǎmping)
• → Danish: camping
• → Dutch: camping
• → French: camping
• → German: Camping
• → Hebrew: קמפינג‎ (kémping)
• → Japanese: キャンピング (kyampingu)
• → Korean: 캠핑 (kaemping)
• → Norwegian: camping
• → Polish: kemping
• → Portuguese: camping
• → Spanish: camping
• → Swedish: camping

Translations

recreational activity

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: تَخْيِيم‎ m (taḵyīm)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: къмпинг m (kǎmping)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 露營／露营 (zh) (lùyíng)

• Danish: camping (da) c
• Esperanto: tendumado
• Estonian: telkimine
• Finnish: leirintä (fi), camping (fi)
• French: camping (fr), campisme (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Camping (de) n, Zelten (de) n
• Greek: κατασκήνωση (el) f (kataskínosi)
• Hebrew: קֶמְפִּינְג‎ (he) m (kémping)
• Hungarian: táborozás (hu), kempingezés (hu)
• Icelandic: útilega
• Irish: campáil f
• Italian: campeggio (it) m
• Japanese: キャンプ (ja) (kyanpu), キャンピング (ja) (kyanpingu)
• Khmer: ជំរំ (km) (cumrum)
• Korean: 캠핑 (kaemping)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: perkhemahan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: camping m

  Nynorsk: camping f

• Ojibwe: gabeshiwin
• Persian: کمپینگ‎ (kamping)
• Polish: kemping (pl) m
• Portuguese: camping (pt) m, campismo m
• Romanian: camping (ro) n
• Russian: жизнь в палатке (žiznʹ v palatke), прожива́ние в лагере (proživánije v lagere) (no exact term exists)
• Scottish Gaelic: campadh m
• Spanish: camping (es) m
• Swedish: camping (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kampçılık (tr)
• Vietnamese: cắm trại (vi)
• Walloon: campigne (wa) m
• Welsh: gwersyllu m, gwersylla (cy) m

act

• Danish: camping (da) c
• Finnish: leiriytyminen

Dutch

Etymology

From English camping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛmpɪŋ/, /ˈkɑmpɪŋ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cam‧ping

Noun

camping m (plural campings, diminutive campinkje n)

1. campsite

Synonyms

• kampeerterrein

Related terms

• camper
• glamping

Finnish

Etymology

From English camping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæmp(ː)iŋː/, [ˈkæmp(ː)iŋː]

Noun

camping

1. camping

Usage notes

In Finnish camping usually denotes camping in designated camping areas which are accessible by car. Camping in the wild is usually referred to as retkeily or eräretkeily.

Declension

Inflection of camping (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		camping	campingit
genitive		campingin	campingien
partitive		campingiä	campingejä
illative		campingiin	campingeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		camping	campingit
accusative	nom.	camping	campingit
	gen.	campingin
genitive		campingin	campingien
partitive		campingiä	campingejä
inessive		campingissä	campingeissä
elative		campingistä	campingeistä
illative		campingiin	campingeihin
adessive		campingillä	campingeillä
ablative		campingiltä	campingeiltä
allative		campingille	campingeille
essive		campinginä	campingeinä
translative		campingiksi	campingeiksi
instructive		—	campingein
abessive		campingittä	campingeittä
comitative		—	campingeineen

Possessive forms of camping (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	campingini	campingimme
2nd person	campingisi	campinginne
3rd person	campinginsä

Synonyms

• (camping in designated areas): leirintä
• telttailu

French

Etymology

From English camping.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.piŋ/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Audio (France, Normandy)

  (file)

• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /kam.piŋ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

camping m (plural campings)

1. (uncountable) camping
2. (countable) campsite

Further reading

• “camping”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

English camping, which seems to have formerly had the meaning "campsite". First attested in 1911.

Noun

camping m (invariable)

1. campsite

   Synonym: campeggio

Middle English

Adjective

camping

1. Alternative form of campyng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English camping.

Noun

camping m (definite singular campingen, indefinite plural campinger, definite plural campingene)

1. camping
2. a campsite, camping site, campground (US), or camping ground

Synonyms

• (sense 2) campingplass

Derived terms

• campingbil
• campingplass
• campingvogn

References

• “camping” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “camping” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English camping.

Noun

camping f (definite singular campinga, indefinite plural campingar, definite plural campingane)

1. camping
2. a campsite, camping site, campground (US), or camping ground

Synonyms

• (sense 2) campingplass

Derived terms

• campingplass
• campingvogn

References

• “camping” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from camping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛm.piŋk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛmpiŋk
• Syllabification: cam‧ping

Noun

camping m inan

1. Alternative spelling of kemping.

Declension

Declension of camping

	singular	plural
nominative	camping	campingi
genitive	campingu	campingów
dative	campingowi	campingom
accusative	camping	campingi
instrumental	campingiem	campingami
locative	campingu	campingach
vocative	campingu	campingi

Derived terms

adjective

• campingowy

 

noun

• campingowiec

 

verb

• campingować impf

 

Related terms

noun

• kamper

 

Further reading

• camping in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• camping in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English camping.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.pĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.pĩɡ/

Noun

camping m (plural campings)

1. (uncountable) camping (activity)

   Synonym: campismo

2. camping spot

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English camping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kemˈpinɡ/

Noun

camping n (plural campinguri)

1. camping

Declension

Declension of camping

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) camping	campingul	(niște) campinguri	campingurile
genitive/dative	(unui) camping	campingului	(unor) campinguri	campingurilor
vocative	campingule		campingurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English camping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkampin/ [ˈkãm.pĩn]
• Rhymes: -ampin

Noun

camping m (plural campings)

1. campsite
2. camping in a private campsite

Usage notes

• camping refers to camping in a private campsite, a designated area with services, improvements and various facilities. On the other hand, campismo is camping in an impromptu area (as one might decide to stop while backpacking or hiking, or simply adjacent to a road through the wilderness).

Related terms

• campismo m

Further reading

• “camping”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014