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campus

French, noun/kɑ̃.pys/

campus is spelled C-A-M-P-U-S (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,743rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Campus is a French masculine noun meaning “campus (grounds of a university)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vaste ensemble de bâtiments universitaires”.

What does campus mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecampus (grounds of a university)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Vaste ensemble de bâtiments universitaires.

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.

How do you pronounce campus?

  • /kɑ̃.pys/
  • \kɑ̃.pys\
  • [kɑ̃.pys]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to campus

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is campus in French?

campus appears 12 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).

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