| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bivouac |
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| SYLLABICATION: | biv·ou·ac |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b v  - k , bvwk |
| NOUN: | A temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: biv·ou·acked, biv·ou·ack·ing, biv·ou·acs also biv·ou·acks
To camp in a bivouac. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from German dialectal beiwacht, supplementary night watch : bei-, beside (from Middle High German bi-, from Old High German; see ambhi in Appendix I) + Wacht, watch, vigil (from Middle High German wahte, from Old High German wahta; see weg- in Appendix I).
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