camper
French, verb/kɑ̃.pe/
camper is spelled C-A-M-P-E-R (6 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camper is a French verb meaning “to camp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “S’établir ou établir dans un camp”.
What does camper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to camp
- 2
to plant, install, stand firmly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. S’établir ou établir dans un camp. 2. Ne faire qu’une courte station dans un lieu ou n’y être pas installé définitivement, bivouaquer. 3. Ne pas avoir de logis assuré, en changer tous les jours. 4. Pratiquer le camping : habiter sous une tente.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of camper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- campant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- campé participle past
- campe first-person indicative present
- campes indicative present second-person
- campons first-person indicative plural
- campez indicative plural present
- campent indicative plural present
- campais first-person imperfect indicative
- campait imperfect indicative singular
- campions first-person imperfect indicative
- campiez imperfect indicative plural
- campaient imperfect indicative plural
- campai first-person historic indicative
- campas historic indicative past
- campa historic indicative past
- campâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce camper?
- /kɑ̃.pe/
- \kɑ̃.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to camper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is camper in French?
camper appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).