bison

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bysontes, bysountes pl, from Middle French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”). The Latin term is recorded in the 1st century, likely a direct loan from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”) (see for full etymology). 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 === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯sən/, (US also) /ˈbaɪ̯zən/ Rhymes: -aɪsən, -aɪzən === Noun === bison (plural bison or (chiefly dated) bisons or (rare) bisontes) A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === bison on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Anagrams === Ibson, binos, bions == French == === Etymology === 1307, from Latin bison. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bi.zɔ̃/ === Noun === bison m (plural bisons, feminine bisonne) buffalo (North American bison) wisent (European bison) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: бизо́н (bizón)→ Armenian: բիզոն (bizon) === Further reading === “bison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): [ˈbisɔn] Hyphenation: bi‧son === Noun === bison (plural bison-bison) bison: a large, wild bovid of the genus Bison === Further reading === “bison”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === 1st century; together with Ancient Greek βίσων (bísōn) (2nd century; cf. modern Greek βίσονας (vísonas)) borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“bison, wisent”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɪ.soːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbiː.s̬on] === Noun === bisōn m (genitive bisōntis); third declension bison (Bison bonasus) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === Further reading === “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 == === Etymology === From Middle French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”). === Noun === bison f (plural bisons) (Jersey) bison