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Galician
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈsonte/
- Rhymes: -onte
- Hyphenation: bi‧son‧te
Noun
bisonte m (plural bisontes)
- bison
Italian
Etymology
From Latin bisōntem (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).
Noun
bisonte m (plural bisonti)
- bison
Latin
Noun
bisōnte
- ablative singular of bisōn
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bisōntem. Doublet of bisão.
Pronunciation
Noun
bisonte m (plural bisontes)
- bison (a wild ox, Bison bonasus)
- Synonyms: auroque, bisão, bisão-europeu
- bison (a similar American animal, Bison bison)
- Synonyms: bisão, bisão-americano
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bisontem, of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈsonte/
- Rhymes: -onte
- Syllabification: bi‧son‧te
Noun
bisonte m (plural bisontes)
- bison
- Synonyms: (when corresponding to the American bison) búfalo, (New Mexico) cíbolo
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