campi

English

Etymology

From Latin campī, nominative plural of campus.

Noun

campi pl.

1. (nonstandard) Plural form of campus.
   • 1894: Stanford University, The Stanford Quad: Being the Year Book of the Junior Class of … Stanford University, p119

     Economics major Bob Shatzen, one of two assistant financial managers, is responsible for Wilbur and Stern Halls, Freshman women, and foreign campi.

   • 2003: John B. Bear, Ph.D. & Mariah P. Bear, M.A., Bears’ Guide to College Degrees by Mail & Internet: 100 Accredited Schools That Offer Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorates, and Law Degrees by Distance Learning, p94

     Master of Liberal Studies students complete the program by attending a total of three ten-day seminars on campi and by finishing…

   • 2004: Ahmed Karmouch et alii, Mobility Aware Technologies and Applications: First International Workshop, MATA 2004, Florianopólis, Brazil, October 2004 Proceedings, p37

     …high-speed wireless communication is now available in many locations such as corporate offices, factories, shopping malls, university campi,…

References

• Merriam-Webster online, American Heritage (via answers.com), MSN Encarta, Oxford English Dictionary (askoxford.com), all have no entry for campi, M-W and Oxford English Dictionary show plural of campus as campuses.

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Italian

Noun

campi m.

1. Plural form of campo.

Verb form

campi

1. second-person singular present tense of campare
2. first-person singular, second-person singular, third-person singular present subjunctive of campare
3. third-person singular imperative of campare

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Latin

Noun

campī

1. nominative plural of campus
2. genitive singular of campus
3. vocative plural of campus