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campagne

countryside

noun kahm-PAH-nyuh Less Common
Travel & Places Geography

Also means

campaign

Usage Note

Campagne means the rural countryside ('à la campagne' = 'in the country') as well as a campaign — political, military, or advertising. These two senses are unrelated in meaning but learners must know both: une campagne électorale is an election campaign, while une maison de campagne is a country house.

Examples

"Ils passent le week-end à la campagne."

Natural Translation

They spend the weekend in the countryside.

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