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camp.

camp (outdoor area for tents, etc.)

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Meaning & usage

noun/kɑ̃/
  1. camp (outdoor area for tents, etc.)

    masculine
    Il a dressé son camp de l'autre côté de la rivière.
  2. camp (area for politically motivated confinement)

    masculine
    un camp de concentration
  3. camp (military base)

    masculine
    les camps ennemis
  4. camp (faction, school of thought)

    masculine
    Ce pays est partagé en deux camps.
  5. camp (holiday camp)

    masculine
    un camp de vacances
Where this word comes from

Probably from a Norman or Picard word equivalent to French champ (itself inherited from Old French champ and Latin), from Old Northern French camp, from Latin campus, or alternatively from Occitan camp, Old Occitan camp, possibly Italian campo. Doublet of campus and champ.

adj/kɑ̃p//kamp/
  1. camp (Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying, affected, exaggerated)

    invariable
    Une folle camp ne peut jamais en faire trop.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English camp.

noun/kɑ̃p//kamp/
  1. campness; An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English camp.

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