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cam·pus

(kăm′pəs)

n. pl. cam·pus·es

The grounds and buildings of an institution, especially a college or other institution of learning, a hospital, or a corporation.

[Latin, field, perhaps of pre-Latin Indo-European substrate origin and akin to Sicel kampos, hippodrome; perhaps further akin to Greek kampein, to bend.]

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campus

(ˈkæmpəs)

n, pl -puses

1. (Education) the grounds and buildings of a university

2. (Education) chiefly US the outside area of a college, university, etc

[C18: from Latin: field]

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cam•pus

(ˈkæm pəs)

n., pl. -pus•es.

1. the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college or other school.

2. a college or university.

[1765–75, Amer.; < Latin: flat place, field, plain]

campus

An area of ground or group of buildings belonging to a school, college, or university.

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Noun

campus - a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

student union - a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body

field - a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"

Translations

حرم الجامعةحَرَمُ الـجَامِعَةِ أو الكُلِّيَّةحَرَمُ الجامِعَه

kampusškolní areál

campusuniversitetsområde

Campus

πανεπιστημιούπολη

campus recinto universitario

kampus

campus

kampus

egyetem: az egyetem területe

skólalóî

campus

キャンパス

교정

koledžo miesteliskoledžo teritorijauniversiteto miestelisuniversiteto teritorija

universitātes teritorija/pilsētiņa

campus

universitetsområde høyskoleområde

kampus

campus

кампус студенческий городок

školský areál

universitetsområde

วิทยาเขต

kampüs

học sở

校园

campus

[ˈkæmpəs] N (campuses (pl)) (Univ) (= district) → ciudad f universitaria; (= internal area) → recinto m universitario, campus m inv

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campus

[ˈkæmpəs] n → campus m
to live on campus → vivre sur le campus

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

campus

n → Campus m, → Universitätsgelände nt; to live on campus → auf dem Campus wohnen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

campus

[ˈkæmpəs] n → campus m inv

campus

(ˈkӕmpəs) noun

college or university grounds. The new library was built in the centre of the campus.

campus

→ حَرَمُ الـجَامِعَةِ أو الكُلِّيَّة kampus campus Campus πανεπιστημιούπολη campus, recinto universitario kampus campus kampus campus キャンパス 교정 campus universitetsområde kampus campus студенческий городок universitetsområde วิทยาเขต kampüs học sở 校园

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