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See also: Camping, cámping, and càmping

English

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

Pronunciation

Verb

camping

  1. present participle and gerund of camp

Noun

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.
  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

Descendants

Translations

Basque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

camping inan

  1. campsite

Declension

Declension of camping (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive camping campinga campingak
ergative campingek campingak campingek
dative campingi campingari campingei
genitive campingen campingaren campingen
comitative campingekin campingarekin campingekin
causative campingengatik campingarengatik campingengatik
benefactive campingentzat campingarentzat campingentzat
instrumental campingez campingaz campingez
inessive campingetan campingean campingetan
locative campingetako campingeko campingetako
allative campingetara campingera campingetara
terminative campingetaraino campingeraino campingetaraino
directive campingetarantz campingerantz campingetarantz
destinative campingetarako campingerako campingetarako
ablative campingetatik campingetik campingetatik
partitive campingik — —
prolative campingtzat — —

Further reading

  • "camping" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Danish

Etymology

From English camping.

Noun

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

  1. camping

Declension

Declension of camping
common
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative camping campingen
genitive campings campingens

Further reading

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

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Related terms

Finnish

Etymology

From English camping.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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
abessive campingittä campingeittä
instructive — campingein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of camping (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative campingini campingini
accusative nom. campingini campingini
gen. campingini
genitive campingini campingieni
partitive campingiäni campingejäni
inessive campingissäni campingeissäni
elative campingistäni campingeistäni
illative campingiini campingeihini
adessive campingilläni campingeilläni
ablative campingiltäni campingeiltäni
allative campingilleni campingeilleni
essive campinginäni campingeinäni
translative campingikseni campingeikseni
abessive campingittäni campingeittäni
instructive — —
comitative — campingeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative campingisi campingisi
accusative nom. campingisi campingisi
gen. campingisi
genitive campingisi campingiesi
partitive campingiäsi campingejäsi
inessive campingissäsi campingeissäsi
elative campingistäsi campingeistäsi
illative campingiisi campingeihisi
adessive campingilläsi campingeilläsi
ablative campingiltäsi campingeiltäsi
allative campingillesi campingeillesi
essive campinginäsi campingeinäsi
translative campingiksesi campingeiksesi
abessive campingittäsi campingeittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — campingeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative campingimme campingimme
accusative nom. campingimme campingimme
gen. campingimme
genitive campingimme campingiemme
partitive campingiämme campingejämme
inessive campingissämme campingeissämme
elative campingistämme campingeistämme
illative campingiimme campingeihimme
adessive campingillämme campingeillämme
ablative campingiltämme campingeiltämme
allative campingillemme campingeillemme
essive campinginämme campingeinämme
translative campingiksemme campingeiksemme
abessive campingittämme campingeittämme
instructive — —
comitative — campingeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative campinginne campinginne
accusative nom. campinginne campinginne
gen. campinginne
genitive campinginne campingienne
partitive campingiänne campingejänne
inessive campingissänne campingeissänne
elative campingistänne campingeistänne
illative campingiinne campingeihinne
adessive campingillänne campingeillänne
ablative campingiltänne campingeiltänne
allative campingillenne campingeillenne
essive campinginänne campingeinänne
translative campingiksenne campingeiksenne
abessive campingittänne campingeittänne
instructive — —
comitative — campingeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative campinginsä campinginsä
accusative nom. campinginsä campinginsä
gen. campinginsä
genitive campinginsä campingiensä
partitive campingiään
campingiänsä 		campingejään
campingejänsä
inessive campingissään
campingissänsä 		campingeissään
campingeissänsä
elative campingistään
campingistänsä 		campingeistään
campingeistänsä
illative campingiinsä campingeihinsä
adessive campingillään
campingillänsä 		campingeillään
campingeillänsä
ablative campingiltään
campingiltänsä 		campingeiltään
campingeiltänsä
allative campingilleen
campingillensä 		campingeilleen
campingeillensä
essive campinginään
campinginänsä 		campingeinään
campingeinänsä
translative campingikseen
campingiksensä 		campingeikseen
campingeiksensä
abessive campingittään
campingittänsä 		campingeittään
campingeittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — campingeineen
campingeinensä

Synonyms

Further reading

French

Etymology

From English camping.

Pronunciation

Noun

camping m (plural campings)

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

Further reading

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

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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

Derived terms

References

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

Derived terms

References

Polish

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from camping.

Pronunciation

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
noun
verb

Related terms

noun

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

Noun

camping m (plural campings)

  1. (uncountable) camping (activity)
    Synonym: campismo
  2. camping spot

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English camping.

Pronunciation

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

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

Further reading

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