vison

Significat (Anglès)

mink

Conceptes

visó

abric de visó

pell de visó

Sinònims

Mustela vison

en terme vulgaire

foutreau

Traduccions

mink

visone

visón

Nerz

nerts

visom

βιζόν

visão

منك

European mink

minks

visoni

mink

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/vi.zɔ̃/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de francès antic: vison

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: wisula

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: wisunt

In summary

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).