Bison

Meaning

bison (Bison bison)

Concepts

bison

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buffalo

American bison

American buffalo

Buffalo

american buffaloes

Synonyms

Wisent

Büffel

Amerikanischer Bison

Nordamerikanischer Bison

amerikanischer Büffel

Indianerbüffel

Translations

bison

bisonte

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bizon

🦬

bisão

🦬

bisonte

🦬

bisonte

🦬

bizon

🦬

βίσονας

bison d’Amérique du Nord

bisão-americano

bisó

bisonte americano

buffel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbiːzɔn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: bisōn

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin bisōn, bisōnt-, at first also in forms with -t such as Bisont. Perhaps reinforced by French bison of the same source. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz and thus a doublet of Wisent.