camping

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæmp.ɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æmpɪŋ

camping

1. present participle and gerund of camp

camping (countable and uncountable, plural campings)

1. (uncountable) The recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation.

   Camping is a favorite summer activity.

   • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 55:

     to foreclose the possibility completely. she packed the footwell of the passenger seat with her duffel bag and camping gear and buckled a stack of seed trays on to the seat.

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.

Borrowed from Spanish camping (“campsite”), from English camping.

• IPA^(key): /kampin/ [kãm.pĩn]
• Rhymes: -ampin, -in
• Hyphenation: cam‧ping

camping inan

1. campsite

• “camping”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

From English camping.

camping c (singular definite campingen, not used in plural form)

1. camping

• “camping” in Den Danske Ordbog

From English camping.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛmpɪŋ/, /ˈkɑmpɪŋ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cam‧ping

camping m (plural campings, diminutive campinkje n)

1. campsite

• kampeerterrein

• camper
• glamping

From English camping.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæmp(ː)iŋ/, [ˈk̟æmp(ː)iŋ]
• Rhymes: -æmpiŋ

camping

1. camping

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.

• (camping in designated areas): leirintä
• telttailu

• “camping”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

From English camping.

• (France) IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.piŋ/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France, Normandy):

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• (North America) IPA^(key): /kam.piŋ/

• Audio:

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camping m (plural campings)

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

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

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

camping m (invariable)

1. campsite

   Synonym: campeggio

camping

1. alternative form of campyng

From English camping.

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

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

• (sense 2) campingplass

• campingbil
• campingplass
• campingvogn

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

From English camping.

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

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

• (sense 2) campingplass

• campingplass
• campingvogn

• “camping” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from camping.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛm.piŋk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛmpiŋk
• Syllabification: cam‧ping
• Homophone: kemping

camping m inan

1. alternative spelling of kemping

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

Unadapted borrowing from English camping.

camping m (plural campings)

1. (uncountable) camping (activity)

   Synonym: campismo

2. camping spot

Unadapted borrowing from English camping.

• IPA^(key): /kemˈpinɡ/

camping n (plural campinguri)

1. camping

Unadapted borrowing from English camping.

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

camping m (plural campings)

1. campsite
2. camping in a private campsite

• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
• 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).

• “camping”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024