camper

See also: Camper

English

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkæmpɚ/
• Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

camp (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

camper (plural campers)

1. A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

   There were thousands of campers at the music festival.

2. A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.
3. (video games) A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.

Derived terms

• camper shell
• camper van
• canoe camper
• corpse camper
• freedom camper
• happy camper
• left lane camper
• spawn camper
• stealth camper
• summer camper
• truck camper
• water camper

 

Translations

person who camps

• Bulgarian: лагерник m (lagernik)
• Finnish: retkeilijä (fi); telttailija (fi) (specifically in a tent)
• German: Zelter (de) m, Zelterin (de) f, Camper (de) m, Camperin (de) f
• Hungarian: táborozó (hu)
• Irish: campálaí m
• Korean: 야영객 (yayeonggaek)
• Polish: obozowicz m, obozowiczka f
• Portuguese: campista m or f
• Spanish: campista m or f
• Turkish: kampçı (tr)

motor vehicle — see motor home

video games: person who stays in one spot

• Finnish: kämppäri
• German: Camper (de) m, Camperin (de) f
• Indonesian: pengokok
• Japanese: 芋スナイパー m or f (いもスナイパー, imo sunaipā)
• Polish: camper (pl) m
• Portuguese: camper (pt) m or f
• Russian: ке́мпер (ru) m (kémper), кры́са (ru) f (krýsa)
• Spanish: campero (es) m, campera (es) f

Etymology 2

camp (adjective) +‎ -er

Adjective

camper

1. comparative form of camp: more camp

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəmˈpe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kamˈpeɾ]

Noun

camper m (plural campers)

1. smallholder
2. (heraldry) field

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English camper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːmpər/, [ˈkʰæːmb̥ɐ]

Noun

camper c (singular definite camperen, plural indefinite campere)

1. camper (motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in) [from 1986]

Inflection

Declension of camper

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	camper	camperen	campere	camperne
genitive	campers	camperens	camperes	campernes

Synonyms

• autocamper

Etymology 2

See campere (“to camp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kampeːr/, [kʰɑmˈpʰeːˀɐ̯]

Verb

camper or campér

1. imperative of campere

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English camper.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛm.pər/

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• Hyphenation: cam‧per

Noun

camper m (plural campers, diminutive campertje n)

1. A camper (recreational vehicle), a motor home.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

camper

1. to camp

Conjugation

Conjugation of camper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	camper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	campant /kɑ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		campé /kɑ̃.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	campe /kɑ̃p/	campes /kɑ̃p/	campe /kɑ̃p/	campons /kɑ̃.pɔ̃/	campez /kɑ̃.pe/	campent /kɑ̃p/
	imperfect	campais /kɑ̃.pɛ/	campais /kɑ̃.pɛ/	campait /kɑ̃.pɛ/	campions /kɑ̃.pjɔ̃/	campiez /kɑ̃.pje/	campaient /kɑ̃.pɛ/
	past historic2	campai /kɑ̃.pe/	campas /kɑ̃.pa/	campa /kɑ̃.pa/	campâmes /kɑ̃.pam/	campâtes /kɑ̃.pat/	campèrent /kɑ̃.pɛʁ/
	future	camperai /kɑ̃.pʁe/	camperas /kɑ̃.pʁa/	campera /kɑ̃.pʁa/	camperons /kɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/	camperez /kɑ̃.pʁe/	camperont /kɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	camperais /kɑ̃.pʁɛ/	camperais /kɑ̃.pʁɛ/	camperait /kɑ̃.pʁɛ/	camperions /kɑ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	camperiez /kɑ̃.pə.ʁje/	camperaient /kɑ̃.pʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	campe /kɑ̃p/	campes /kɑ̃p/	campe /kɑ̃p/	campions /kɑ̃.pjɔ̃/	campiez /kɑ̃.pje/	campent /kɑ̃p/
	imperfect2	campasse /kɑ̃.pas/	campasses /kɑ̃.pas/	campât /kɑ̃.pa/	campassions /kɑ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/	campassiez /kɑ̃.pa.sje/	campassent /kɑ̃.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	campe /kɑ̃p/	—	campons /kɑ̃.pɔ̃/	campez /kɑ̃.pe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• camper sur ses positions

Further reading

• “camper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• crampe

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English camper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkam.per/
• Rhymes: -amper
• Hyphenation: càm‧per

Noun

camper m (invariable)

1. campervan, camper

   Synonym: autocaravan

Middle English

Alternative forms

• campar

Etymology

From kampe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkampər/

Noun

camper

1. (rare) A participant in a ball sport.

References

• “camper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-30.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English camper.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.peʁ/ [ˈkɐ̃.peh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.peʁ/ [ˈkɐ̃.peh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.peɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.peʁ/ [ˈkɐ̃.peχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.peɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.pɛɾ/

Noun

camper m or f by sense (plural campers)

1. (video games, Internet slang) camper (person who stays in one spot during a FPS game)

Derived terms

• campar
• camperar