Meanings
nounsummer camp (plural summer camps)
plural summer camps
- An institution devoted to housing and entertaining children for the summer.
verbsummer camp (third-person singular simple present summer camps, present participle summer camping, simple past and past participle summer camped)
present singular third person summer camps · participle present summer camping · participle past summer camped · past summer camped
- informalrareTo attend summer camp.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
Similar
Broader
siteland site
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُخَيِّم صَيْفِيّ
- مُخَيِّم صَيْفِيّ (muḵayyim ṣayfiyy)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Chinese Mandarin 夏令營 /夏令营
- 夏令營 /夏令营 (xiàlìngyíng)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Czech dětský tábor
- dětský táborinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Danish feriekoloni
- feriekoloniinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Esperanto somera kampadejo
- somera kampadejoinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Finnish kesäleiri, leirikeskus
- kesäleiriinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- leirikeskusinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- kesäsiirtolainstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
French colonie de vacances, camp de vacances
- colonie de vacancesinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- camp de vacancesinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
German Ferienlager, Sommerlager
- Ferienlagerinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- Sommerlagerinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Greek κατασκήνωση
- κατασκήνωση (kataskínosi)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Hebrew קַיְטָנָה, מַחֲנֵה קַיִץ
- קַיְטָנָה (kaytaná)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- מַחֲנֵה קַיִץ (makhané káyitz)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Hindi ग्रीष्म शिविर, समर कैम्प
- ग्रीष्म शिविर (grīṣma śivir)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- समर कैम्प (samar kaimp)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Hungarian nyári tábor
- nyári táborinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Irish campa samhraidh
- campa samhraidhinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Italian centro estivo, colonia estiva
- centro estivoinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- colonia estivainstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Japanese サマーキャンプ
- サマーキャンプ (samā kyanpu)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Korean 여름 캠프
- 여름 캠프 (yeoreum kaempeu)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Norwegian Bokmål sommerleir, feriekoloni
- sommerleirinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- feriekoloniinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Polish kolonia letnia, obóz harcerski
- kolonia letniainstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- obóz harcerskiinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Portuguese acampamento de verão, colónia de férias
- acampamento de verãoinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- colónia de fériasinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Russian ле́тний ла́герь, пионе́рский ла́герь
- ле́тний ла́герь (létnij lágerʹ)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- пионе́рский ла́герь (pionérskij lágerʹ)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- де́тский ла́герь (détskij lágerʹ)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Slovak detský tábor
- detský táborinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Spanish colonia veraniega, campamento de verano
- colonia veraniegainstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- campamento de veranoinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Swedish barnkoloni, kollo
- barnkoloniinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- kolloinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- sommarlägerinstitution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Ukrainian дитя́чий та́бір, лі́тній та́бір
- дитя́чий та́бір (dytjáčyj tábir)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
- лі́тній та́бір (lítnij tábir)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
Urdu مَوسَم گَرْما کے کَیمْپ
- مَوسَم گَرْما کے کَیمْپ (mausam garmā ke kaimp)institution devoted to housing and entertaining children
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APA
summer camp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20camp
MLA
“summer camp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20camp. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “summer camp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20camp.
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