different between tent vs bivouac

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?nt, IPA^(key): /t?nt/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /t?nt/
    • Homophone: tint
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Homophone: tint (with pin-pen merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”). Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).

Noun

tent (plural tents)

1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

2. (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
3. (Scotland) A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:

     A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled.

4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented)

1. (intransitive) To go camping.

   We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.

2. (cooking) To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
3. (intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape.

   The sheet tented over his midsection.

Translations

See also

• camp
• lean-to
• lodge
• pavilion, pavillion
• pitch
• tarp

Etymology 2

From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”).

Verb

tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented)

1. (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) To attend to; to heed
2. (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) to guard; to hinder.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Noun

tent (plural tents)

1. (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) Attention; regard, care.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Lydgate to this entry?)

2. (archaic) Intention; design.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Etymology 3

From Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tent?re (“to probe, test”), alteration of tempt?re (“to test, probe, tempt”).

Noun

tent (plural tents)

2. (medicine) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
3. (medicine) A probe for searching a wound.

Verb

tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented)

1. (medicine, sometimes figuratively) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

   to tent a wound

Etymology 4

From Spanish tinto (“deep-colored”), from Latin tinctus, past participle of tingo (“to dye”). More at tinge, tint, tinto. Compare claret (“French red wine”), also from color.

Noun

tent (plural tents)

1. (archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.

See also

• claret, hock, sack

Anagrams

• Nett, nett

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tente, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta or *tenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?nt/
• Hyphenation: tent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

tent m (plural tenten, diminutive tentje n)

1. tent (for camping, special occasions, etc.)
2. pavillion

   Synonym: paviljoen

3. (informal, Dutch, often in compounds) a building, especially one used for commercial purposes

   Synonym: keet

Derived terms

• circustent
• hottentottententententoonstelling
• kermistent

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tent

1. past participle of tenne

Southern Kam

Adjective

tent

1. short

English

Alternative forms

• bivouack
• biouac, biovac, bihovac (obsolete)
• bivy, bivvy (shortening)

Etymology

Borrowed from French bivouac (earlier biouac, bivac), from Alemannic German Biiwacht (“reinforcements of guard or town watch”), from bii- + Wacht (“watch, guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?v.u.æk/, /?b?v.wæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Noun

bivouac (plural bivouacs)

1. An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
2. Any temporary encampment.
3. A temporary shelter constructed generally for a few nights.
   • 2005, Boston Globe, September 23, 2005

     The outing begins by Thursday noon, when the recreational vehicles start rumbling into town and their owners set up bivouacs.

4. (dated) The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.
5. (zoology) A structure formed by migratory ants out of their own bodies to protect the queen and larvae.

Translations

Verb

bivouac (third-person singular simple present bivouacs or bivouacks, present participle bivouacing or bivouacking, simple past and past participle bivouacked)

1. To set up camp.

   We'll bivouac here tonight.

2. To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
3. To encamp for the night without tents or covering.

Translations

French

Alternative forms

• bivac, bivoie, biouac

Etymology

From earlier bivoie, biouac, bivac, from Alemannic German Biiwacht (“a patrol of citizens added - in time of alarm or commotion - to the regular town watch”), from bii- (“by-”) + Wacht (“watch, guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.vwak/

Noun

bivouac m (plural bivouacs)

1. bivouac (encampment for the night)

Derived terms

• bivouaquer

Descendants

• ? Bulgarian: ????? (bivak)
• ? Czech: bivak
• ? Danish: bivuak
• ? Dutch: bivak
• ? English: bivouac, bivouack
• ? German: Biwak
• ? Galician: bivaque
• ? Hungarian: bivak
• ? Italian: bivacco
• ? Japanese: ???? (bib?ku)
• ? Macedonian: ????? (bivak)
• ? Polish: biwak
• ? Portuguese: bivaque
• ? Russian: ????? (bivak), ?????? (bivuak)
• ? Slovak: bivak
• ? Slovene: bivak
• ? Spanish: vivac, vivaque
• ? Swedish: bivack

Further reading

• “bivouac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).