bison
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American bison (Bison bison) 
European bison (Bison bonasus)
bison
See also: Bison
English
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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.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯sən/,[1][2][3][4] (US also) /ˈbaɪ̯zən/[1][2][3]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪsən, -aɪzən
Noun
bison (plural bison or (chiefly dated) bisons or (rare) bisontes)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
European bison, Bison bonasus
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American bison, Bison bison
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Further reading
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “bison”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “bison”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “bison”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “bison”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bison m (plural bisons, feminine bisonne)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Russian: бизо́н (bizón) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “bison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From English bison, from Middle English bisontes (plural), from Old French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”), from Proto-Indo-European *wisAn- (“aurochs, aurochs horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow, melt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bison
- bison: a large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.
Further reading
- “bison” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
1st century; together with Ancient Greek βίσων (bísōn) (2nd century; cf. modern Greek βίσονας (vísonas)) borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“bison, wisent”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbi.soːn/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbi.son/,
Noun
bisōn m (genitive bisōntis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bisōn | bisōntēs |
| genitive | bisōntis | bisōntum |
| dative | bisōntī | bisōntibus |
| accusative | bisōntem | bisōntēs |
| ablative | bisōnte | bisōntibus |
| vocative | bisōn | bisōntēs |
Further reading
- “bison”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bison in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norman
Etymology
From Middle French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).
Noun
bison f (plural bisons)