Meanings
nouncampfire (plural campfires)
plural campfires
- A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4
Origin
Translations
Arabic نَار مُخَيَّم
- نَار مُخَيَّم (nār muḵayyam)fire at a campground
Catalan foguera, foc
- foguerafire at a campground
- focfire at a campground
Chinese Mandarin 營火 /营火
- 營火 /营火 (yínghuǒ)fire at a campground
Czech táborák
- táborákfire at a campground
Danish lejrbål, bål
- lejrbålfire at a campground
- bålfire at a campground
Dutch kampvuur
- kampvuurfire at a campground
Esperanto tendarfajro
- tendarfajrofire at a campground
Finnish leirituli, nuotio
- leiritulifire at a campground
- nuotiofire at a campground
French feu de camp
- feu de campfire at a campground
German Lagerfeuer
- Lagerfeuerfire at a campground
Hungarian tábortűz
- tábortűzfire at a campground
Icelandic varðeldur
- varðeldurfire at a campground
Japanese キャンプファイヤー
- キャンプファイヤー (kyanpufaiya)fire at a campground
Korean 캠프파이어
- 캠프파이어 (kaempeupaieo)fire at a campground
Malay unggun api
- unggun apifire at a campground
Māori kōpae, ahi kōpae
- kōpaefire at a campground
- ahi kōpaefire at a campground
Norwegian bål, leirbål
- bålfire at a campground
- leirbålfire at a campground
Polish ognisko
- ogniskofire at a campground
Portuguese fogueira
- fogueirafire at a campground
Romanian foc de tabără
- foc de tabărăfire at a campground
Russian костёр
- костёр (kostjór)fire at a campground
Slovak táborák
- táborákfire at a campground
Spanish fogata, hoguera
- fogatafire at a campground
- hoguerafire at a campground
- braserofire at a campground
- pirafire at a campground
- fogónfire at a campground
Swedish lägereld
- lägereldfire at a campground
Turkish kamp ateşi
- kamp ateşifire at a campground
Ukrainian бага́ття, во́гнище
- бага́ття (baháttja)fire at a campground
- во́гнище (vóhnyšče)fire at a campground
- ва́тра (vátra)fire at a campground
Vietnamese lửa trại
- lửa trạifire at a campground
Cite this entry
APA
campfire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campfire
MLA
“campfire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campfire. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “campfire,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/campfire.
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