Campus in Different Languages
Discover 'Campus' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Campus
Afrikaans kampus | ||
Albanian kampus | ||
Amharic ካምፓስ | ||
Arabic الحرم الجامعي | ||
Armenian համալսարան | ||
Assamese কেম্পাছ | ||
Aymara campus ukanxa | ||
Azerbaijani kampus | ||
Bambara kalanso kɔnɔ | ||
Basque campusa | ||
Belarusian студэнцкі гарадок | ||
Bengali ক্যাম্পাস | ||
Bhojpuri कैंपस में भइल | ||
Bosnian kampus | ||
Bulgarian кампус | ||
Catalan campus | ||
Cebuano campus | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 校园 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 校園 | ||
Corsican campus | ||
Croatian kampusu | ||
Czech kampus | ||
Danish universitetsområde | ||
Dhivehi ކެމްޕަހެވެ | ||
Dogri कैंपस च | ||
Dutch campus | ||
English campus | ||
Esperanto kampuso | ||
Estonian ülikoolilinnak | ||
Ewe sukuxɔa me | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) campus | ||
Finnish kampus | ||
French campus | ||
Frisian kampus | ||
Galician campus | ||
Georgian კამპუსი | ||
German campus | ||
Greek πανεπιστημιούπολη | ||
Guarani campus-pe | ||
Gujarati કેમ્પસ | ||
Haitian Creole lakou lekòl la | ||
Hausa harabar jami'a | ||
Hawaiian pā kula | ||
Hebrew קַמפּוּס | ||
Hindi कैंपस | ||
Hmong thaj chaw kawm ntawv | ||
Hungarian egyetem | ||
Icelandic háskólasvæðið | ||
Igbo kampos | ||
Ilocano kampus | ||
Indonesian kampus | ||
Irish champas | ||
Italian città universitaria | ||
Japanese キャンパス | ||
Javanese kampus | ||
Kannada ಕ್ಯಾಂಪಸ್ | ||
Kazakh кампус | ||
Khmer បរិវេណសាលា | ||
Kinyarwanda ikigo | ||
Konkani कॅम्पसांत | ||
Korean 교정 | ||
Krio kampus | ||
Kurdish meydana zankoyê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کەمپەس | ||
Kyrgyz кампус | ||
Lao ວິທະຍາເຂດ | ||
Latin campus | ||
Latvian pilsētiņa | ||
Lingala campus | ||
Lithuanian miesteliu | ||
Luganda campus | ||
Luxembourgish campus | ||
Macedonian кампусот | ||
Maithili कैंपस | ||
Malagasy toeram-pianarana | ||
Malay kampus | ||
Malayalam കാമ്പസ് | ||
Maltese kampus | ||
Maori wānanga | ||
Marathi कॅम्पस | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯦꯝꯄꯁꯇꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ ꯌꯨ.ꯑꯦꯁ | ||
Mizo campus-ah a awm a | ||
Mongolian оюутны хотхон | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကျောင်းဝင်း | ||
Nepali क्याम्पस | ||
Norwegian campus | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) sukulu | ||
Odia (Oriya) କ୍ୟାମ୍ପସ୍ | ||
Oromo mooraa mooraa | ||
Pashto کیمپس | ||
Persian محوطه دانشگاه | ||
Polish kampus | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) campus | ||
Punjabi ਪਰਿਸਰ | ||
Quechua campus | ||
Romanian campus | ||
Russian кампус | ||
Samoan lotoa | ||
Sanskrit परिसर | ||
Scots Gaelic àrainn | ||
Sepedi khamphase | ||
Serbian кампус | ||
Sesotho khamphase | ||
Shona kembasi | ||
Sindhi ڪيمپس | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කැම්පස් | ||
Slovak kampus | ||
Slovenian kampus | ||
Somali xerada | ||
Spanish instalaciones | ||
Sundanese kampus | ||
Swahili chuo kikuu | ||
Swedish campus | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) campus | ||
Tajik шаҳраки донишҷӯён | ||
Tamil வளாகம் | ||
Tatar кампус | ||
Telugu క్యాంపస్ | ||
Thai วิทยาเขต | ||
Tigrinya ቀጽሪ ዩኒቨርሲቲ | ||
Tsonga khamphasi | ||
Turkish yerleşke | ||
Turkmen uniwersitet şäherçesi | ||
Twi (Akan) sukuupɔn no mu | ||
Ukrainian кампус | ||
Urdu کیمپس | ||
Uyghur مەكتەپ رايونى | ||
Uzbek talabalar shaharchasi | ||
Vietnamese khuôn viên | ||
Welsh campws | ||
Xhosa ikhampasi | ||
Yiddish קאַמפּאַס | ||
Yoruba ogba ile-iwe | ||
Zulu ikhampasi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "kampus" is cognate with English "campus", possibly from Latin "campus martius", or "field of Mars", originally used to refer specifically to the grounds of Cambridge University. |
| Albanian | The term 'kampus' is of Latin origin and can also refer to a field or a large, open space. |
| Amharic | The word "ካምፓስ" can also refer to a group of soldiers or a training ground. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "الحرم الجامعي" originally meant "the sanctuary of the university" as opposed to a university's surrounding buildings. |
| Armenian | The word "համալսարան" in Armenian is derived from the Greek words "ἅμα" (together) and "πανεπιστήμιον" (university), meaning "a place where many different subjects are taught". It is also used to refer to a university as a whole. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "kampus" can also refer to a "military camp" or a "tent". |
| Basque | It also means 'field, meadow, green grass; the space outside of a house; and the land outside a building'. |
| Belarusian | The word “студэнцкі гарадок” (“campus”) comes from the Latin word “campus”, originally referring to the flat land outside of the town walls. |
| Bengali | The word "ক্যাম্পাস" (campus) in Bengali has multiple meanings, including "a park" or "a group of buildings." |
| Bosnian | U bosanskom jeziku, riječ „kampus“ je izvedena iz latinskog jezika i prvobitno je označavala poljoprivredno imanje. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian "кампус" is borrowed from Latin "campus", originally meaning "field". |
| Catalan | "Campus" is also used to refer to a university precinct in Catalan. |
| Cebuano | Campus in Cebuano is also used to refer to a grassy area in a park or near a riverbank, a plaza, a town's center, or a town in general. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 校园最早指代孔庙旁边的学校，后来又指代大学周围的建筑群。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 校園在古代漢語意指城郊或城市邊界的學校，隨著時代演變，逐漸專指現代教育場所的大學校園。 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "campus" also refers to a closed space for livestock or poultry. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "kampusu" derives from Latin "campus" meaning "field" or "plain". |
| Czech | The Czech word "kampus" also refers to a field, or pasture. |
| Danish | In Danish, "universitetsområde" is literally "university area". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "campus" can also refer to a military training ground or a closed-off area with limited access. |
| Estonian | The word "ülikoolilinnak" in Estonian is derived from the Latin word "campus" meaning "field" and is often colloquially shortened to "linnak" meaning "small town". |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "kampus" is borrowed from the Swedish word "campus", which in turn comes from the Latin word "campus", meaning "field" or "plain". |
| French | The word "campus" in French can also refer to a sports ground or playing field. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "kampus" can also mean "field" or "meadow". |
| Galician | In Galician, "campus" also refers to a "field" or "plot" of land. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word |
| German | Der Begriff „Campus“ stammt aus dem Lateinischen und bezeichnet ursprünglich ein Feld oder eine Ebene. |
| Greek | The word "πανεπιστημιούπολη" (campus) comes from the ancient Greek words "παν" (all), "επιστημη" (knowledge), and "πολις" (city), meaning "city of knowledge." |
| Gujarati | The word "campus" is derived from the Latin word "campus", meaning "open field" or "playing field". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the word "lakou lekòl la" primarily means "campus", but it can also refer to a "schoolyard" or "playground." |
| Hausa | Historically, 'harabar jami'a' referred to areas outside the walls of medieval Kano and Zaria and were sites for trade, celebrations and military camps. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "pā kula" literally translates to "school enclosure". |
| Hebrew | המשמעות המקורית שלה בלועזית היא שדה לחקלאות, ורק בשלהי ימי הביניים החלה לציין גם שטח של מוסד אקדמי. |
| Hindi | "कैंपस" (campus) शब्द की उत्पत्ति लैटिन भाषा के "कैंपस" से हुई है, जिसका अर्थ "खेत" या "मैदान" होता है। |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian "egyetem" also means "university" as in "Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem" (ELTE), or "university faculty" as in "orvosi egyetem" (medical faculty). |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'kampos' can also refer to a 'large expanse of land,' a 'field,' or a 'playground.' |
| Indonesian | The word "kampus" in Indonesian also refers to a prison or penitentiary. |
| Irish | The word 'champas' is derived from the Irish word 'cill', meaning church, and has the alternate meaning of 'sanctuary' or 'asylum'. |
| Italian | The Italian word "città universitaria" can also refer to a student village providing on-campus accommodation and amenities. |
| Japanese | キャンパス literally means “hemp” or “canvas” in Japanese, and was used to describe the material tents were made of during missionary work in the early Showa period (1926-1989). |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'kampus' also carries the meaning of 'field', 'yard', or 'garden'. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಕ್ಯಾಂಪಸ್" (campus) comes from the Latin word "campus," which originally meant a "field" or "open space". |
| Kazakh | The word “кампус” also has several secondary meanings in Kazakh: “campsite”, “resort”, or “large open field,” and is widely used to refer to large vacant areas of land. |
| Khmer | The word "បរិវេណសាលា" is derived from the Sanskrit word "परिवेण" meaning "courtyard" or "enclosure". It can also refer to a temple or monastery. |
| Korean | 교정 is sometimes used to refer to a 'correction', such as the correction of a student's work or a proofread document. |
| Kurdish | The word "meydana zankoyê" literally means "the field of the university" in Kurdish, highlighting the historical connection between universities and open spaces. |
| Lao | The word "วิทยาเขต" also means "educational institution" in Thai and "university" in Thai and Lao. |
| Latin | In Latin, 'campus' can also refer to a field, especially one used for athletics or military training. |
| Latvian | The word pilsētiņa, meaning campus, comes from the root word pils which means castle. |
| Lithuanian | The word "miesteliu" has its origins in the word "miestelis", meaning "town" or "small town" in Lithuanian. |
| Macedonian | The term “кампусот” also refers to a specific area within a university campus reserved for student housing. |
| Malagasy | The word "toeram-pianarana" also means "a place where one learns". |
| Malay | In Malay, the word “kampus” is also used to refer to a fortified fort or stronghold that provides refuge. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "കാമ്പസ്" can also refer to a group of buildings or a compound, similar to its usage in English. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "kampus" derives from the Latin "campus" and originally denoted a courtyard or open space |
| Maori | The word 'wānanga' has several meanings, including 'school', 'temple', and 'place of learning'. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "कॅम्पस" can also refer to a group of students or a group of teachers and students together. |
| Mongolian | The term "оюутны хотхон" literally means "a town of students" in Mongolian, reflecting the self-contained nature of university campuses. |
| Nepali | "कैंपस" मूल रूप से लैटिन शब्द "कैंपस" से लिया गया है जिसका अर्थ "खुला मैदान" था। |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "campus" can also refer to a collection of buildings forming the central part of a university or college, often including classrooms, lecture halls, and dormitories. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "sukulu" also means "school" or "place of learning". |
| Pashto | It is ultimately derived from the Latin word "campus" meaning "field" or "plain". |
| Persian | In Persian, "محوطه دانشگاه" ("campus") refers specifically to the grounds of a university, excluding buildings. |
| Polish | Kampus also means `stone` and derives from the Old High German word `kamp` `stone pavement`. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Em grego a palavra campus significa "campo". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word 'parisar' can also refer to 'environment' or 'surroundings' and is derived from Sanskrit. |
| Romanian | "Campus" in Romanian can also refer to a university or college dormitory. |
| Russian | The Russian word "кампус" (campus) is derived from the Latin word "campus", meaning "field" or "plain". |
| Samoan | The word "lotoa" can also refer to a village green or meeting place. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'àrainn' can also refer to a grazing land or a dairy farm. |
| Serbian | У српском језику, реч кампус је преузета из латинског језика и може да има више значења, као што су поље, равница или простор за игре. |
| Sesotho | The term 'khamphase' is derived from the English word 'campus' and the Sesotho word 'phaase' ('courtyard'). |
| Shona | Kembasai is also an archaic term for a young bachelor. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'කැම්පස්' ('campus') is ultimately derived from Latin, where it referred originally to a plain or flat surface. |
| Slovak | The word "kampus" is derived from the Latin word "campus," which means "field." |
| Slovenian | The word 'kampus' is derived from the Latin word 'campus', meaning 'field' or 'plain', and it can also refer to a 'university campus' or a 'campsite' in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The Somali word 'xerada' originally meant 'a temporary encampment' or 'a gathering place'. |
| Spanish | "Instalaciones" also translates to facilities which can encompass a variety of structures. |
| Sundanese | The word "kampus" in Sundanese derives from the Dutch word "campus" and Sanskrit word "kampos" meaning "a forest" or "a garden". It is also used to refer to a university or college campus. |
| Swahili | The word "chuo kikuu" in Swahili literally translates to "hill of knowledge". |
| Swedish | I svenska kan ordet campus även referera till en universitetsförvaltning. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Campuses were historically the grounds and buildings surrounding a university, but the term is now also used for other school grounds, particularly those colleges that have several buildings. |
| Tamil | The term 'வளாகம்' is a loanword from Dutch which also refers to an 'estate' or 'compound', and is not necessarily educational. |
| Telugu | The word "campus" comes from the Latin "campus", meaning "field". The term is now most commonly used for an area or buildings of a college, university, or other educational institution. |
| Thai | วิทยาเขต also has a broader meaning referring to an academic division of a university that focuses on a specific area of study such as science or business. |
| Turkish | The word "yerleşke" is also used to refer to other types of settlements or communities, such as a university town or a military base. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, кампус (campus) is derived from the Latin campus, originally referring to a flat area of land outside city walls; the academic meaning was first attested in American English in 1849. |
| Urdu | The word "کیمپس" ("campus") in Urdu, also known as the "chaupal", has a broader meaning and refers to a gathering place for students, teachers, and community members. |
| Uzbek | The word "talabalar shaharchasi" in Uzbek may also refer to a dormitory or residential area for students. |
| Vietnamese | "Khuôn viên" in Vietnamese derives from two Old Chinese characters, " khuôn" (literally "mold") and "viên" (literally "garden"), hence its meaning of a "well-defined garden space". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the word 'campws' also refers to a churchyard or a holy field. |
| Xhosa | The word 'ikhampasi' also has the alternate meaning of 'field' or 'playground' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "קאַמפּאַס" can also refer to a meeting hall or an assembly. |
| Yoruba | "Ogba ile-iwe" (campus) literally means "a farm of books" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'ikhampasi' also means 'the place where the elephants gather' in Zulu. |
| English | In Medieval Latin, a campus was a fenced field outside a monastery where students would play. |