camp

English

/kæmp/, [kʰɛəmp]

noun
Definitions
  • An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
  • An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
  • A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
  • A single hut or shelter.
  • The company or body of persons encamped.
  • A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
  • (uncommon) Campus
  • (informal) A summer camp.
  • (prison slang) A prison.
  • (agriculture) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost
  • (obsolete) Conflict; battle.
  • (UK) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English kampe (open space, battlefield) inherited from Old English camp (battle, battlefield, open space, contest) inherited from *kamp (battle, battlefield, field, level plain, field of battle, open field where military exercises are held) derived from Latin campus (field, level ground, plain, open space, level field, open field, a plain, camp, a place of action, open country, scope, place field of action, an open space, a field, battlefield, level plain, a plain field) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (crooked, bend) derived from Middle French camp, can (place where an army lodges temporarily) derived from camp inherited from Middle English campen inherited from Old English campian, compian (war against, fight) inherited from *kampōn (fight, do battle).

Origin

*kampōn

Gloss

fight, do battle

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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