bison

Senso (Inglese)

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

Concetti

bisonte

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bisonte americano

bisonti americani

bison

sinonimi

buffalo

aurochs

American buffalo

American bison

american buffaloes

wild buffalo

wild cow

wisent

Buffalo

wild ox

Traduzioni

bison

bisonte

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Bison

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bisão

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bizon

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bisonte

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Wisent

bisão-americano

auroque

bisão-europeu

βίσονας

bisó

بيسون

βίσωνας

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈbaɪ̯sən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: bison

Affine tedesco antico alto: wisunt

Affine tedesco: Wisent

Affine inglese antico: wesend

Affine olandese medio: 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.