bison

Significat (Anglès)

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

Conceptes

bisó

bisó americà

búfal

Sinònims

buffalo

aurochs

American buffalo

American bison

american buffaloes

wild buffalo

wild cow

wisent

Buffalo

wild ox

Traduccions

bison

bisonte

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Bison

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bisão

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bisonte

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bisonte

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bizon

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Wisent

bisão-americano

βίσωνας

auroque

بيسون

βίσονας

bisão-europeu

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈbaɪ̯sən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: bison

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: wisunt

Cognat amb alemany: Wisent

Cognat amb anglès antic: wesend

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: wesent

In summary

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.