different between camping vs knapsack

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæmp??/

Verb

camping

1. present participle of camp

Noun

camping (countable and uncountable, plural campings)

1. (uncountable) The recreational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation, usually in the wilderness.

   Camping is a favorite summer activity.

2. (countable) The act of setting up a camp.
   • 1848, The North British Review (volume 9, page 17)

     In some quarters, indeed, it was different — the troops bivouacked in many places. It was a strange and an unpleasing sight to see these campings in the heart of a city, yet it was picturesque in the extreme.

Derived terms

• camping coach
• camping ground
• camping site
• glamping

Descendants

• ? Bulgarian: ??????? (k?mping)
• ? Danish: camping
• ? Dutch: camping
• ? French: camping
• ? German: Camping
• ? Hebrew: ??????? (kémping)
• ? Norwegian: camping
• ? Polish: kemping
• ? Portuguese: camping
• ? Spanish: camping
• ? Swedish: camping

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From English camping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?mp??/, /?k?mp??/
• Hyphenation: cam?ping

Noun

camping m (plural campings, diminutive campinkje n)

1. campsite

Synonyms

• kampeerterrein

Related terms

• camper
• glamping

Finnish

Noun

camping

1. camping

Usage notes

In Finnish camping usually denotes camping in designated camping areas which are accessible by car. Camping in the wild is usually referred to as retkeily or eräretkeily.

Declension

Synonyms

• (camping in designated areas): leirintä
• telttailu

French

Etymology

From English camping.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /k??.pi?/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /kam.pi?/

Noun

camping m (plural campings)

1. (uncountable) camping
2. (countable) campsite

Further reading

• “camping” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

camping m (invariable)

1. campsite

   Synonym: campeggio

Middle English

Adjective

camping

1. Alternative form of campyng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English camping

Noun

camping m (definite singular campingen, indefinite plural campinger, definite plural campingene)

1. camping
2. a campsite, camping site, campground (US), or camping ground

Synonyms

• (sense 2) campingplass

Derived terms

• campingbil
• campingplass
• campingvogn

References

• “camping” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “camping” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English camping

Noun

camping f (definite singular campinga, indefinite plural campingar, definite plural campingane)

1. camping
2. a campsite, camping site, campground (US), or camping ground

Synonyms

• (sense 2) campingplass

Derived terms

• campingplass
• campingvogn

References

• “camping” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English camping.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k??.p?/

Noun

camping m (plural campings)

1. (uncountable) camping (activity)

   Synonym: campismo

2. camping spot

Romanian

Etymology

From English camping.

Noun

camping n (plural campinguri)

1. camping

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English camping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kampin/, [?kãm.p?n]

Noun

camping m (plural campings)

1. campsite
2. camping in a private campsite

Usage notes

• camping refers to camping in a private campsite, a designated area with services, improvements and various facilities. On the other hand, campismo is camping in an impromptu area (as one might decide to stop while backpacking or hiking, or simply adjacent to a road through the wilderness).

Related terms

• campismo m

English

Etymology

From Low German knapzak or Dutch knapzak (older form cnapsack), from Middle Dutch cnappen (“to bite with teeth”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin, + sack. German Knappsack is from Dutch.

Noun

knapsack (plural knapsacks)

1. (chiefly US) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
2. (cryptography) A set of values from which a subset is chosen.

Synonyms

• backpack
• rucksack

Translations

Verb

knapsack (third-person singular simple present knapsacks, present participle knapsacking, simple past and past participle knapsacked)

1. To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.

   My sleeping bag fell off my backpack into the water, while we were knapsacking up the mountain.

Synonyms

• backpack

See also

• backpacking
• camping
• hiking

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.