bison
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”). 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[edit]
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯sən/,[1][2][3][4] (US also) /ˈbaɪ̯zən/[1][2][3]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪsən, -aɪzən
Noun[edit]
bison (plural bison or (chiefly dated) bisons)
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Translations[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “bison”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- ↑ 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–present.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bison m (plural bisons, feminine bisonne)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Russian: бизо́н (bizón) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading[edit]
- “bison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
bison (first-person possessive bisonku, second-person possessive bisonmu, third-person possessive bisonnya)
- bison: a large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.
Further reading[edit]
- “bison” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“bison, wisent”). Compare Greek βίσονας (vísonas) and Ancient Greek βίσων (bísōn), ultimately from the same Germanic source.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bisōn m (genitive bisōntis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | bisōn | bisōntēs |
Genitive | bisōntis | bisōntum |
Dative | bisōntī | bisōntibus |
Accusative | bisōntem | bisōntēs |
Ablative | bisōnte | bisōntibus |
Vocative | bisōn | bisōntēs |
Further reading[edit]
- “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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).
Noun[edit]
bison f (plural bisons)
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- en:Bovines
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- la:Bovines
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- nrf:Bovines