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bison en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbaɪ̯sən/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

From Middle English bysontes, bysountes pl, from Middle French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”). The Latin term is recorded in the 1st century, likely a direct loan from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”) (see for full etymology). Akin to Old High German wisunt (“bison”), German Wisent (“bison”), Old English wesend, wusend (“bison, buffalo, wild ox”), Middle Dutch wēsent (“wild ox”). Doublet of wisent.

Meanings

1. A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

Forms

Coordinates

cattle · buffalo · bovid · cow · bovine · wisent

Deriveds

steppe bison · bison grass · European bison · plains bison · North American bison · wood bison · Higgs bison · American bison · Indian bison

Translations (149)

cy bual Ewropeaidd (European bison, Bison bonasus) · qua tte (American bison, Bison bison) · da bisonokse (American bison, Bison bison) · be зубр (European bison, Bison bonasus) · sh бизон (European bison, Bison bonasus) · nl wisent (European bison, Bison bonasus) · sk bizón (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ast bisonte européu (European bison, Bison bonasus) · paw kíwiikuʾ (American bison, Bison bison) · ru зубр (European bison, Bison bonasus) · fr bison d'Amérique du Nord (American bison, Bison bison) · nl Europese bizon (European bison, Bison bonasus) · bla iiníí (American bison, Bison bison) · gwi dachan tat gwa’aak’į̀į (American bison, Bison bison) · sh zubar (European bison, Bison bonasus) · sq bizon (American bison, Bison bison) · sw baisani (European bison, Bison bonasus) · as বাইচন (European bison, Bison bonasus) · shh bozheena (American bison, Bison bison) · ja アメリカ野牛 (American bison, Bison bison) · com tasiwóo (American bison, Bison bison) · vi bò rừng bison (European bison, Bison bonasus) · pl żubr (European bison, Bison bonasus) · oj ᒪᔥᑯᑌᐱᔑᑭ (American bison, Bison bison) · pt bisão (American bison, Bison bison) · cy bison (European bison, Bison bonasus) · alq pijakì (American bison, Bison bison) · es cíbolo europeo (European bison, Bison bonasus) · sv europeisk bison (European bison, Bison bonasus) · cy bual Americanaidd (American bison, Bison bison) · es bisonte americano (American bison, Bison bison) · sh зубар (European bison, Bison bonasus) · fo visundur (European bison, Bison bonasus) · cs bizon (American bison, Bison bison) · ca bisó (European bison, Bison bonasus) · chr ᏯᎾᏎ (American bison, Bison bison) · oj ᐱᔑᑭ (American bison, Bison bison) · nn europeisk bison (European bison, Bison bonasus) · fi euroopanbiisoni (European bison, Bison bonasus) · qua tóka (American bison, Bison bison) · lkt tȟatȟáŋka (American bison, Bison bison) · sw baisani wa Marekani (American bison, Bison bison) · cs zubr (European bison, Bison bonasus) · el βίσονας (European bison, Bison bonasus) · et pürg (European bison, Bison bonasus) · osa 𐓲𐓟 (tse) (American bison, Bison bison) · sq bizon (European bison, Bison bonasus) · pt auroque (European bison, Bison bonasus) · bg бизо́н (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ang ūr (European bison, Bison bonasus) · qua tóxe (American bison, Bison bison) · ja 野牛 (European bison, Bison bonasus) · cr ᐸᔉᐙᐎᒧᐢᑐᐢ (American bison, Bison bison) · de Wisent (European bison, Bison bonasus) · mr बायसन (American bison, Bison bison) · ro zimbru (European bison, Bison bonasus) · pt bisonte (European bison, Bison bonasus) · pt bisão (European bison, Bison bonasus) · lv sumbrs (European bison, Bison bonasus) · sh bizon (European bison, Bison bonasus) · lt stumbras (European bison, Bison bonasus) · sl zober (European bison, Bison bonasus) · oj mashkodebizhiki (American bison, Bison bison) · ga bíosún Meiriceánach (American bison, Bison bison) · id bison (European bison, Bison bonasus) · gd bìoson (European bison, Bison bonasus) · el βίσονας (American bison, Bison bison) · wic néérhir'a (American bison, Bison bison) · non úrr (European bison, Bison bonasus) · nl Amerikaanse bizon (American bison, Bison bison) · ga bíosún (European bison, Bison bonasus) · eo bizono (European bison, Bison bonasus) · it bisonte (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ja バイソン (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ast bisonte americanu (American bison, Bison bison) · es cíbolo americano (American bison, Bison bison) · gd bìoson Ameireaganach (American bison, Bison bison) · gd buabhall (American bison, Bison bison) · fi biisoni (American bison, Bison bison) · mk бизо́н (European bison, Bison bonasus) · cy bual (European bison, Bison bonasus) · uk бізо́н (American bison, Bison bison) · uk зубр (European bison, Bison bonasus) · cy bual (American bison, Bison bison) · cs bizon evropský (European bison, Bison bonasus) · lkt pté (American bison, Bison bison) · os домбай (European bison, Bison bonasus) · pl bizon (American bison, Bison bison) · fi visentti (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ast bisonte (European bison, Bison bonasus) · hy բիզոն (American bison, Bison bison) · es bisonte europeo (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ota یبان اوكوزی (European bison, Bison bonasus) · non vísundr (European bison, Bison bonasus) · eo bizono (American bison, Bison bison) · vi bò rừng bizon (European bison, Bison bonasus) · is vísundur (European bison, Bison bonasus) · sk zubor (European bison, Bison bonasus) · grc βόνασος (European bison, Bison bonasus) · cs bizon americký (American bison, Bison bison) · hu amerikai bölény (American bison, Bison bison) · fr bison (European bison, Bison bonasus) · uk америка́нський бізо́н (American bison, Bison bison) · sl bizon (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ro bizon (European bison, Bison bonasus) · bg бизон (American bison, Bison bison) · bg зу́бър (European bison, Bison bonasus) · oj bizhiki (American bison, Bison bison) · ja 野牛 (American bison, Bison bison) · ps بيژکۍ (European bison, Bison bonasus) · vi bò rừng (American bison, Bison bison) · nn bisonokse (American bison, Bison bison) · unm sisilia (American bison, Bison bison) · oma tenúga (American bison, Bison bison) · be бізо́н (European bison, Bison bonasus) · nv ayání (American bison, Bison bison) · uk бізо́н (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ro bizon (American bison, Bison bison) · fi amerikanbiisoni (American bison, Bison bison) · ru бизо́н (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ru бизо́н (American bison, Bison bison) · be зу́бар (European bison, Bison bonasus) · fr bison d'Europe (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ltg mežavierss (European bison, Bison bonasus) · uk америка́нський зубр (American bison, Bison bison) · ko 들소 (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ar بِيسُون (European bison, Bison bonasus) · sv bisonoxe (American bison, Bison bison) · pt bisão-americano (American bison, Bison bison) · ood pisin (American bison, Bison bison) · fo bisonur (European bison, Bison bonasus) · la bison (European bison, Bison bonasus) · grc βόλινθος (European bison, Bison bonasus) · id bison (American bison, Bison bison) · ms bison (European bison, Bison bonasus) · chr ᏴᏑ (American bison, Bison bison) · de Bison (American bison, Bison bison) · ota یبان صیغری (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ast bisonte (American bison, Bison bison) · sv visent (European bison, Bison bonasus) · hu bölény (European bison, Bison bonasus) · pt bisonte (American bison, Bison bison) · de Amerikanischer Bison (American bison, Bison bison) · cmn 野牛 (European bison, Bison bonasus) · pt bisão-europeu (European bison, Bison bonasus) · ko 바이슨 (European bison, Bison bonasus) · mr बायसन (European bison, Bison bonasus) · fr bison (American bison, Bison bison) · fa بایسن (European bison, Bison bonasus)