vison

See also: Vison and visón

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin, from French.

Noun

vison

1. Used as a specific epithet; mink.

English

Neogale vison

Etymology

From French vison (“mink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪsən/

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• Rhymes: -aɪsən

Noun

vison (plural visons)

1. An American mink (Neogale vison).

Anagrams

• novis

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

• vison d'Amérique
• vison d'Europe

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “vison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• ovins, ovnis

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈzõ/

• Hyphenation: vi‧son

Noun

vison m (plural visons)

1. alternative form of visom

Further reading

• “vison”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vison”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026