Wiktionary

campo

See also: campó and campò

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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Etymology 1Edit

camp(us) +‎ -o

NounEdit

campo (plural campos)

  1. (US, slang) A police officer assigned to a university campus.
    • 2005, Julia Schwent; Gohari Omid, Rice University College Prowler Off the Record, page 135:
      Baker Fountain [is] fun to run through, if you can avoid slipping or getting busted by the Campos.

Etymology 2Edit

Spanish campo and/or Portuguese campo. Doublet of camp and campus.

NounEdit

campo (plural campos)

  1. A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area.
    • 1853, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology, page 468:
      [...], from the bare table-land of Mexico, and their great scarcity on the open campos of the interior of Brasil.
    • 1890, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, page 226:
      The name Serlao, meaning originally the interior as distinguished from the maritime country, has come to be applied to dry, hilly, and stony districts of the campos only suited for pasture. To the agricultural coast belt of the eastern provinces [...]
    • 1892, Almont Barnes, Report on the Agriculture of South America: With Maps and Latest Statistics of Trade, page 78:
      The vegetation of this part of Brazil is characteristic of the campos (plains).
    • 1968, Roy Nash, The Conquest of Brazil, Biblo & Tannen Publishers, →ISBN, page 74:
      Characteristically, the campos of Brazil show scattered woody vegetation. Open grasslands are interlarded between various types of woodland pasture in a way impossible to indicate on a small-scale map, [...]

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

campo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of campar

GalicianEdit

 
O campo

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese campo, from Latin campus. Compare Portuguese and Spanish campo.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

campo m (plural campos)

  1. field (open land area)
    • 1343, Cal Pardo, Enrique (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 143:
      o canpo do çimiterio da iglesia da dita villa de Ribadeu
      the cemetery field of the church of this town of Ribadeo
  2. meadow, pasture
    • 1280, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1090:
      Fernan Eanes, yrmao do mayordomo, veo a os canpos de Carraszedo et thomoulle LII ovellas et adussellas per Cedeyra
      Fernán Eanes, the butler's brother, came to the pastures of Carracedo and took 52 sheep from him and took them to Cedeira
  3. (sports) field
  4. (heraldry) field
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 613:
      en meogo do escudo, en que tragía hũa agia d'ouro et o canpo uerde
      in the middle of the shield, where it had a golden eagle on green field
  5. (physics) field (region affected by a force)
  6. farmland
  7. plaza
  8. battleground; battlefield
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 565:
      Pois que el rrey Menõ fuj morto, os troiãos leixarõ o canpo
      after king Menon was dead the Trojans left the battleground

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “canpo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “campo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “canpo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “campo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “campo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “campo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkam.po/
  • Rhymes: -ampo
  • Hyphenation: càm‧po

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin campus (“wild field”). Compare English camp.

NounEdit

campo m (plural campi)

  1. (sports, agriculture) field
    campo da tennis ― tennis court
  2. battlefield, airfield
    campo di battaglia ― battlefield
  3. range
  4. signal (mobile network)
  5. (film) shot
    campo lungo ― long shot
  6. (art) background (of a painting)
  7. (in Venice) square (smaller than a piazza)
  8. tether (the limit of one's abilities, resources etc.)
Related termsEdit
Related terms

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

campo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of campare

LatinEdit

NounEdit

campō

  1. dative/ablative singular of campus

Old SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • canpo (alternative spelling)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin campus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

campo m (plural campos)

  1. field, open plain
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v.
      é aduxom al cápo é era pleno de hueſſos e fizom trocir ſobrellos aderedor é eran muchos ſobre fazeſ del cápo e eran ſecos muchoſ
      And He lead me to the field, and it was full of bones, and He made me pass over them all around. And there were many on the surface of the field, and they were very dry.

DescendantsEdit

  • Spanish: campo
    • → English: camp; campo
    • → Maquiritari: kamju

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese campo, from Latin campus. Doublet of campus, a borrowing from Latin. Compare Galician and Spanish campo.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: cam‧po

NounEdit

campo m (plural campos)

  1. country; countryside
    Coordinate terms: cidade, mar
    O campo é tranquilo ― The countryside is peaceful
    Uma casa no campo. ― A house in the countryside.
  2. field (large open area, especially one where crops are grown or sports are played)
  3. field (domain of knowledge or practice)
  4. (physics) field
    campo magnético ― magnetic field

Derived termsEdit

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DescendantsEdit

SpanishEdit

 
Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkampo/ [ˈkãm.po]
  • Audio (Latin America)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ampo
  • Syllabification: cam‧po

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Old Spanish campo, from Latin campus (“wild field”). Compare Portuguese campo.

NounEdit

campo m (plural campos)

  1. countryside, country
    Synonym: paisaje
    En el campo, es tranquilo.
    In the countryside, it's peaceful.
  2. field (large open area)
  3. (sports) pitch, (US) field (field on which soccer, rugby or field hockey is played)
    Synonym: cancha
    campo de fútbol ― soccer field
  4. (golf) course
    Synonym: (Latin America) cancha
    campo de golf ― golf course
  5. field (domain of knowledge or practice)
  6. (New Mexico, anglicism) camp
  7. (physics) field
Usage notesEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

campo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of campar

Further readingEdit

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