bison

Etymology

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”). Akin to Old High German wisunt (“bison”), German Wisent (“bison”), Old English wesend, wusend (“bison, buffalo, wild ox”), Middle Dutch wēsent (“wild ox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ̯sən/
• Rhymes: -aɪsən

Noun

bison (plural bison or (chiefly dated) bisons)

1. A wild ox, Bison bonasus.

   Synonyms: wisent, European bison

2. A similar American animal, Bison bison else Bos americanus or Bisonte americano.

   Synonyms: American bison, buffalo (imprecise)

Further reading

• bison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bison on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Ibson, binos, bions

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.zɔ̃/

• un bison

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Noun

bison m (plural bisons)

1. buffalo (North American bison)
2. wisent (European bison)

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίσων (bísōn), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.soːn/, [ˈbɪ.soːn]

Noun

bisōn m (genitive bisōntis); third declension

1. bison

References

• 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

Etymology

From Old French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).

Noun

bison f (plural bisons)

1. (Jersey) bison