Usage Note
Campement refers to a temporary camp or encampment — it may describe a military camp, a refugee encampment, or an improvised homeless settlement. It is more specific than un camping (a commercial campsite). The verb is camper and the agent noun is un campeur/une campeuse.
Examples
"Le campement était installé près du fleuve."
Natural Translation
The encampment was set up near the river.

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