Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of camp
plural campings
- uncountableThe recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation.
Camping is a favorite summer activity.
1 more example
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.
2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 55 - countableThe act of setting up a camp.
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.
1848, The North British Review, volume 9, page 17
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic تَخْيِيم
- تَخْيِيم (taḵyīm)recreational activity
Bulgarian къмпинг
- къмпинг (kămping)recreational activity
Catalan acampada, càmping
- acampadarecreational activity
- càmpingrecreational activity
Chinese Mandarin 露營 /露营
- 露營 /露营 (lùyíng)recreational activity
Danish camping, camping
- campingrecreational activity
- campingact
Esperanto tendumado
- tendumadorecreational activity
Estonian telkimine
- telkiminerecreational activity
Finnish leirintä, camping
- leirintärecreational activity
- campingrecreational activity
- leiriytyminenact
French camping, campisme
- campingrecreational activity
- campismerecreational activity
German Camping, Zelten
- Campingrecreational activity
- Zeltenrecreational activity
Greek κατασκήνωση
- κατασκήνωση (kataskínosi)recreational activity
Hebrew קֶמְפִּינְג
- קֶמְפִּינְג (kémping)recreational activity
Hungarian táborozás, kempingezés
- táborozásrecreational activity
- kempingezésrecreational activity
Icelandic útilega
- útilegarecreational activity
Indonesian perkemahan
- perkemahanrecreational activity
Irish campáil
- campáilrecreational activity
Italian campeggio
- campeggiorecreational activity
Japanese キャンプ, キャンピング
- キャンプ (kyanpu)recreational activity
- キャンピング (kyanpingu)recreational activity
Korean 캠핑
- 캠핑 (kaemping)recreational activity
Malay perkhemahan
- perkhemahanrecreational activity
Norwegian Bokmål camping
- campingrecreational activity
Persian کمپینگ
- کمپینگ (kamping)recreational activity
Polish kemping
- kempingrecreational activity
Portuguese camping, campismo
- campingrecreational activity
- campismorecreational activity
Romanian camping
- campingrecreational activity
Russian жизнь в палатке, прожива́ние в лагере
- жизнь в палатке (žiznʹ v palatke)recreational activity
- прожива́ние в лагере (proživánije v lagere)recreational activity
Scottish Gaelic campadh
- campadhrecreational activity
Spanish camping (campin), campismo
- camping (campin)recreational activity
- campismorecreational activity
- acampadaact
- campamientoact
- acampamentoact
Swedish camping
- campingrecreational activity
Turkish kampçılık
- kampçılıkrecreational activity
Vietnamese cắm trại
- cắm trạirecreational activity
Welsh gwersyllu, gwersylla
- gwersyllurecreational activity
- gwersyllarecreational activity
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with camping
All rhymes →Cite this entry
camping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camping
“camping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camping. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “camping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camping.
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