← All words
Dictionary

campagne

/kɑ̃.paɲ/

noun, feminine/kɑ̃.paɲ/plural: campagnes

country (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city), countryside

Near-synonym: paysage

Synonyms: paysage

Related: battre la campagne, maison de campagne, pain de campagne, rase campagne

Borrowed from Old Occitan campanha or Old Northern French campaigne, corresponding to Old French champa(i)gne. Doublet of Champagne and champagne.

noun, feminine/kɑ̃.paɲ/plural: campagnes

campaign

Related: campagne électorale, faire campagne

Probably borrowed from Italian campagna, itself from Late Latin campania, from Latin campus.