camp
/ˈkeə̯mp/noun, verb, adjective
camp is spelled C-A-M-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 62 times per million words in written English, the 1,696th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, camp means “An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of camp is camps.
How many letters and syllables are in camp?
| Letters | 4: C-A-M-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 62 times per million words; the 1,696th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is camp?
Camp appears 62 times per million words in written English, the 1,696th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce camp?
- /ˈkæmp/
- [ˈkʰæmp]
- US /ˈkeə̯mp/
Camp has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-camp.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with camp?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as camp from its last stressed vowel (/eəmp/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of camp
- camps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- camping participle, present
- camped participle, past
- camper comparative
- campest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does camp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.
Near-synonyms: campsite, campground, encampment
- 2
An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
I met my best friend last summer at camp. She lives in Albany and plays the clarinet.
- 3
A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
Near-synonym: encampment
- 4
A place of politically motivated confinement in outdoorsy conditions, usually also leading to slave labor and death.
Near-synonyms: concentration camp, labor camp, reeducation camp, gulag, stalag, prison camp
- 5
A single hut or shelter.
a hunter’s camp
- 6
The company or body of persons encamped.
- 7
A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
Near-synonyms: faction, ingroup
- 8
obsoleteAn army.
- 9
An affected, exaggerated, or intentionally tasteless style.
Near-synonyms: campness, campiness
- 10
slangThe areas of the Falkland Islands situated outside the capital and largest settlement, Stanley.
- 11
slangAn electoral constituency of the legislative assembly of the Falkland Islands that comprises all territory more than 3.5 miles from the spire of the Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley.
- 12
slangThe pampas, which are the vast grassy areas situated in the rural areas beyond Argentine cities such as Buenos Aires.
verb
- 1
To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.
- 2
To set up a camp.
- 3
To afford rest or lodging for.
- 4
To stay in an advantageous location.
Some players like to camp next to a power-up's spawning point.
- 5
To stay beside (something) to gain an advantage.
The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
- 6
AustraliaOf stock animals, to assemble or rest temporarily at a particular place.
- 7
Ellipsis of corpse camp.
- 8
obsoleteTo fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
- 9
To behave in a camp manner.
adjective
- 1
Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
- 2
Ostentatiously flamboyant or effeminate.
- 3
Intentionally tasteless or vulgar; self-parodying.
noun
- 1
Initialism of cyclic AMP.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of continuous airworthiness maintenance program
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Camp in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | camp , campament , camper , bivouaquer |
| German | Lager , Feldlager , zelten , Kitsch , tuntig |
| Portuguese | acampamento, camping , acampar , acampados |
| Spanish | campamento , campamento militar, almofalla (disused), almahala (disused) , acampar , acampada |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does camp come from?
From Middle English kampe (“battlefield, open space”), from Old English camp (“battle, contest, battlefield, open space”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamp (“open field where military exercises are held, level plain”), from Latin campus (“open field, level plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Reinforced circa 1520 by Middle French can, camp (“place where an army lodges temporarily”), from Old Northern French camp, from the same Latin (whence also French champ from Old French).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).