camp

A2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /kæmp/ See IPA manual

Freq #1330

Meanings

1

noun
A place where people stay in tents or simple buildings for a short time.

We set up our camp near the river for the night.
2

noun
A place where children stay and do activities, especially in summer.

The kids went to summer camp for two weeks.
3

verb
To set up or stay in a camp, usually in a tent.

We camped by the lake when we couldn't walk any further.
4

noun
A guarded place where prisoners or soldiers are kept.

The soldiers were grumbling all over the camp.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a place where people stay... encampment

2 noun · a place where children stay... summer camp

3 verb · to set up or stay in a... camp down

More campishcampy

Opposites

uncampuncampy

Word family

Forms campedcampfulcamps

Derived forms autocampbarcampbullcampbushcampcamp-ballcampabilitycampablecampcraftcampercamperycampestralcampfire

Related forms aide-de-camp campus champerty

Appears in

Phrases (2)

See all

Etymology

From Middle English kampe (“battlefield, open space”), from Old English camp (“battle, contest, battlefield, open space”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“open field where military exercises are held, level plain”), from Latin campus (“open field, level plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Reinforced circa 1520 by Middle French can, camp (“place where an army lodges temporarily”), from Old Northern French camp, from the same Latin (whence also French champ from Old French). Cognate with Old High German champf (“battle, struggle”) (German Kampf), Old Norse kapp (“ba…

*kh₂em- Proto-Indo-European kampe Middle English camp Old English *kamp Proto-West Germanic campus Latin can, camp Middle French campen Middle English campian, compian Old English *kampōn Proto-West Germanic

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Places & Geography

External links

# camp

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /kæmp/
**Frequency rank:** 1330

## Meanings
1. A place where people stay in tents or simple buildings for a short time.
2. A place where children stay and do activities, especially in summer.
3. To set up or stay in a camp, usually in a tent.
4. A guarded place where prisoners or soldiers are kept.

## Examples
- We set up our camp near the river for the night.
- The kids went to summer camp for two weeks.
- We camped by the lake when we couldn't walk any further.
- The soldiers were grumbling all over the camp.

## Synonyms
- campish
- campy

## Antonyms
- uncamp
- uncampy

## Derived Forms
- autocamp
- barcamp
- bullcamp
- bushcamp
- camp-ball
- campability
- campable
- campcraft
- camper
- campery
- campestral
- campfire

## Related Forms
- aide-de-camp
- campus
- champerty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *kh₂em-
- Root: kampe
- Root: camp
- Root: *kamp
- Root: campus
- Root: can, camp
- Root: campen
- Root: campian, compian
- Root: *kampōn

## Etymology
From Middle English kampe (“battlefield, open space”), from Old English camp (“battle, contest, battlefield, open space”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“open field where military exercises are held, level plain”), from Latin campus (“open field, level plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Reinforced circa 1520 by Middle French can, camp (“place where an army lodges temporarily”), from Old Northern French camp, from the same Latin (whence also French champ from Old French). Cognate with Old High German champf (“battle, struggle”) (German Kampf), Old Norse kapp (“ba…

## AI Etymology
Camp comes from Middle English kampe (“battlefield, open space”), from Old English camp (“battle, contest, battlefield, open space”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“open field where military exercises are held, level plain”), from Latin campus (“open field, level plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Reinforced circa 1520 by Middle French can, camp (“place where an army lodges temporarily”), from Old Northern French camp, from the same Latin (whence also French champ from Old French).

## Topics
- Places & Geography

markdown