bizon

See also: Bizoń

Albanian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bisōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bizɔn/
• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

Noun

bizon m (plural bizone, definite bizoni, definite plural bizonet)

1. bison

Declension

Declension of bizon

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bizon	bizoni	bizone	bizonet
accusative		bizonin
dative	bizoni	bizonit	bizoneve	bizoneve
ablative			bizonesh

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Czech

Etymology

From English bison, 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪzon/

Noun

1. bison (the American one)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bison, from Latin bisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.zɔn/

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• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

Noun

bizon m (plural bizons, diminutive bizonnetje n)

1. bison, bovid of the genus Bison

Related terms

• wisent

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bison

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Polish

bizon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.zɔn/

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Noun

1. American bison, Bison bison

Usage notes

This word is never applied to the European bison or wisent, which is referred to exclusively as żubr.

Declension

Declension of bizon

	singular	plural
nominative	bizon	bizony
genitive	bizona	bizonów
dative	bizonowi	bizonom
accusative	bizona	bizony
instrumental	bizonem	bizonami
locative	bizonie	bizonach
vocative	bizonie	bizony

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Romanian

Bizon

Etymology

Borrowed from French bison, 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

• IPA^(key): /biˈzon/
• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

Noun

bizon m (plural bizoni)

1. American bison (Bison bison)

Declension

Declension of bizon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bizon	bizonul	(niște) bizoni	bizonii
genitive/dative	(unui) bizon	bizonului	(unor) bizoni	bizonilor
vocative	bizonule		bizonilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐzoːn/
• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

Noun

bìzōn m (Cyrillic spelling бѝзо̄н)

1. bison

Declension

Declension of bizon

	singular	plural
nominative	bìzōn	bizoni
genitive	bizóna	bizona
dative	bizonu	bizonima
accusative	bizona	bizone
vocative	bizone	bizoni
locative	bizonu	bizonima
instrumental	bizonom	bizonima

References

• “bizon” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bíːzɔn/

Noun

bȋzon m anim

1. bison

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	bízon
gen. sing.	bízona
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bízon	bízona	bízoni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bízona	bízonov	bízonov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bízonu	bízonoma	bízonom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bízona	bízona	bízone
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bízonu	bízonih	bízonih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bízonom	bízonoma	bízoni

Further reading

• “bizon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran