Phrase guide

American bison

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈbaɪ̯sən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A bovine mammal, a species of bison, Bison bison, endemic to North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: American buffalo, buffalo, Bison bison

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bison

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bizoni amerikan — mammal
  • Asturian: bisonte americanu — mammal
  • Basque: bisonte amerikar — mammal
  • Belarusian: бізон амерыканскі (bizón amjerykanski) — mammal
  • Breton: bizon amerika — mammal
  • Bulgarian: бизо́н (bizón) — mammal
  • Catalan: bisó americà — mammal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美洲野牛 (Měizhōu yěniú) — mammal
  • Czech: bizon — mammal
  • Danish: amerikansk bison — mammal
  • Dutch: bizon — mammal
  • Esperanto: bizono — mammal
  • Esperanto: amerika bizono — mammal
  • Estonian: ameerika piison — mammal
  • Faroese: amerikanskur bisonur — mammal
  • Finnish: biisoni — mammal
  • French: bison d'Amérique — mammal
  • West-Frisian: bizon — mammal
  • Friulian: bisont american — mammal
  • Galician: bisonte americano — mammal
  • German: Nordamerikanischer Bison — mammal
  • Greek: βόνασος (vónasos) — mammal
  • Hungarian: amerikai bölény — mammal
  • Icelandic: vísundur — mammal
  • Irish: bíosún meiriceánach — mammal
  • Italian: bisonte americano — mammal
  • Korean: 미국들소 (migukdeulso) — mammal
  • Korean: 아메리카들소 (amerikadeulso) — mammal
  • Ladin: bisont american — mammal
  • Latin: bos bison — mammal
  • Latvian: bizons — mammal
  • Lithuanian: bizonas — mammal
  • Macedonian: американски бизон (amerikanski bizon) — mammal
  • Maltese: buflu ta’ l-amerika — mammal
  • Navajo: ayání — mammal
  • Norwegian: amerikansk bison — mammal
  • Occitan: bisont d'america — mammal
  • Polish: bizon — mammal
  • Portuguese: bisão-americano — mammal
  • Portuguese: bisonte-americano — mammal
  • Romani: bufalo — mammal
  • Romanian: bizon — mammal
  • Romansh: bison american — mammal
  • Russian: бизо́н (bizón) — mammal
  • Sardinian: boiamericanu — mammal
  • Sardinian: boe americanu — mammal
  • Scottish Gaelic: bìoson Ameireaganach — mammal
  • Serbo-Croatian: амерички бизон — mammal
  • Serbo-Croatian: američki bizon — mammal
  • Slovak: bizón — mammal
  • Slovene: bizon — mammal
  • Lower Sorbian: bizon — mammal
  • Upper Sorbian: bizon — mammal
  • Spanish: bisonte americano — mammal
  • Swedish: amerikansk bison — mammal
  • Swedish: bison — mammal
  • Swedish: bisonoxe — mammal
  • Turkish: bizon — mammal
  • Ukrainian: бізон (bizon) — mammal
  • Welsh: bual Americanaidd — mammal