vison

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See also: Vison and visón

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin, from French.

Noun

vison

  1. Used as a specific epithet; mink.

English

Neovison vison

Etymology

French vison (“mink”)

Pronunciation

Noun

vison (plural visons)

  1. The American mink, variously classified as Neovison vison or Mustela vison.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vison, of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from a Germanic source such as Frankish *wisulā (compare Old High German wisula (“weasel”). (An alternative suggestion that the term derives from Old High German wisunt (“bison”) is semantically implausible.)

Alternatively, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *viso, Latin visio (“to fart”), vissio (“stench”), in reference to their scent glands (near the anus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.zɔ̃/
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Noun

un vison

vison m (plural visons)

  1. mink

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: visó
  • → English: vison
  • → Galician: visón
  • → Greek: βιζόν n (vizón)
  • → Italian: visone
  • → Piedmontese: vison
  • → Portuguese: visom
  • → Spanish: visón

Further reading

  1. ^ “vison”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.)
  2. ^ Edward A. Roberts, Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish
  3. ^ “vison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: vi‧son

Noun

vison m (plural visons)

  1. Alternative form of visom
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