bizon

From Medieval Latin bisōn.

• IPA^(key): /bizɔn/
• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

bizon m (plural bizone, definite bizoni, definite plural bizonet)

1. bison

Borrowed from English bison,^[1] from Old French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”), from Proto-Indo-European *wisAn- (“aurochs, aurochs horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow, melt”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪzon]

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bizon m anim

1. bison (the American one)

• “bizon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “bizon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bizon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “bizon”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

Borrowed from French bison, from Latin bisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.zɔn/

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• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

bizon m (plural bizons, diminutive bizonnetje n)

1. bison, bovid of the genus Bison

• wisent

• bizonhuid
• bizonkalf
• bizonstier

• Afrikaans: bison

Borrowed from German Bison,^[1] from French bison, from Old French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt-, from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wisAn-, from Proto-Indo-European *weys-. First attested in 1861.^[2][3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.zɔn/

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• Rhymes: -izɔn
• Syllabification: bi‧zon

bizon m animal (diminutive bizonek)

1. American bison (Bos bison)

   Coordinate term: żubr

   stado bizonów ― a herd of bison

   polować na bizony ― to hunt bison

• bizon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bizon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French bison, from Old French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”), from Proto-Indo-European *wisAn- (“aurochs, aurochs horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow, melt”).

• IPA^(key): /biˈzon/
• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

bizon m (plural bizoni)

1. American bison (Bison bison)

From Medieval Latin bison.

• IPA^(key): /bǐzoːn/
• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

bìzōn m anim (Cyrillic spelling бѝзо̄н)

1. bison

• “bizon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /bíːzɔn/

bȋzon m anim

1. bison

• “bizon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Borrowed from French bison.

• IPA^(key): /biˈzon/

bizon (definite accusative bizonu, plural bizonlar)

1. bison

• “bizon”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bizon”, in Nişanyan Sözlük