vison

See also: Vison and visón

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin, from French.

Noun

vison

1. Used as as specific epithet; mink.

---

English

Neovison vison

Etymology

French vison (“mink”)

Noun

vison (plural visons)

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

Anagrams

• novis

---

French

Etymology

From Old French vison, from Old High German wisunt (“bison”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundz (“bison”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.zɔ̃/

Noun

vison m (plural visons)

1. mink.

Descendants

• → Catalan: visó
• → English: vison
• → Galician: visón
• → Greek: βιζόν n (vizón)
• → 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

Noun

vison m (plural s)

1. Alternative form of visom