kempen

See also: Kempen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kempen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛm.pə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: kem‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɛmpən

Verb

kempen

  1. (intransitive) Alternative form of kampen.

Malay

Etymology

From English campaign, from French campagne, from Italian campagna, from Late Latin campānia, from Latin campus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkempen/, [ˈkem.pen]
  • Hyphenation: kém‧pén
  • Rhymes: -empen

Noun

kémpén (Jawi spelling کيمڤين, plural kempen-kempen, informal 1st possessive kempenku, 2nd possessive kempenmu, 3rd possessive kempennya)

  1. campaign (series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal)

Alternative forms

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English *cempan, from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛmpən/

Verb

kempen

  1. (rare) to go to war, to enter into conflict
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • English: kemp (obsolete)
  • Scots: kemp, camp (archaic)

Etymology 2

From Old English cempan; equivalent to kempe + -en (plural suffix).

Noun

kempen

  1. plural of kempe (soldier)

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English campaign.

Noun

kempen

  1. campaign
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