glamping

English

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡlæmpɪŋ/

Etymology 1

Blend of glamorous +‎ camping.[1] Early 2006, UK origin, adopted in US by 2007.[2]

Noun

glamping (usually uncountable, plural glampings)

  1. Any of various luxury forms of camping.
    • 2006, “The Glamper’s Guide To Style” (archive), GadgetCandy.com, 2/24/2006:[2]
      Tom Hanks and Sean Penn are doing it. Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie want to do it. What are we talking about? “Glamping– or glamorous camping for those not yet in the know.
    • 2007 February 4, Jennifer Gould Keil, “Are you a Jetrosexual? Be Honest…”, in New York Post:
      And glamping – that’s luxury camping, of course.
    • 2008 September 14, Jennifer Conlin, “Camping? Yes. Roughing It? Not Quite.”, in The New York Times:
      If the eco-friendly idea of falling asleep under the stars and roasting marshmallows around a campfire appeals to you, but the reality of pitching a tent and sleeping on bumpy ground does not, glamping, the new term being used for upscale — or glamorous — camping, could be your ideal green vacation.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

glamp +‎ -ing

Verb

glamping

  1. present participle and gerund of glamp

References
  • “glamping”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  1. Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225
  2. "Glamping", ads-l (The American Dialect Society), Rick Castello rick at PUNK.NET, Thu Mar 8 20:25:59 UTC 2007

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English glamping.

Pronunciation
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛm.pɪŋ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: glam‧ping

Noun

glamping m (plural glampings)

  1. (countable) a luxury campsite
  2. (uncountable) glamping (glamorous camping)
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