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bison

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

Έννοιες

βίσωνας

βίσονας

βουβάλι

βόνασος

βούβαλος

βισώνας

Συνώνυμα

American buffalo

american buffaloes

wild buffalo

wild cow

wild ox

Συχνότητα

C2
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈbaɪ̯sən/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.

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