bison

Signification (Anglais)

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

Concepts

bison

bison d’Amérique du Nord

bison d’amérique

buffle

bison d'Europe

bison d'Amérique du Nord

Synonymes

buffalo

aurochs

American buffalo

American bison

american buffaloes

wild buffalo

wild cow

wisent

Buffalo

wild ox

Traductions

bisonte

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Bison

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bisão

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bisonte

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bizon

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bisonte

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Wisent

bisão-americano

auroque

βίσονας

bisó

بيسون

βίσωνας

bisão-europeu

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbaɪ̯sən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: bison

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: wisunt

Appartenant à allemand: Wisent

Appartenant à ancien anglais: wesend

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: 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.