Bison

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• UK, US: /ˈbaɪ̯sən/
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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.

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bizon — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Arabic: بِيسُون (bīsūn) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Assamese: বাইচন (baison) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Asturian: bisonte — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Asturian: bisonte européu — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Belarusian: бізо́н (bizón) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Belarusian: зубр (zubr) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Belarusian: зу́бар (zúbar) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Bulgarian: зу́бър (zúbǎr) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Bulgarian: бизо́н (bizón) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Catalan: bisó — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Chinese Mandarin: 野牛 (yěniú) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Czech: zubr — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Czech: bizon evropský — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Dutch: Europese bizon — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Dutch: wisent — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Esperanto: bizono — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Faroese: visundur — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Faroese: bisonur — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Finnish: visentti — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Finnish: euroopanbiisoni — European bison, Bison bonasus
• French: bison — European bison, Bison bonasus
• French: bison d'Europe — European bison, Bison bonasus
• German: Wisent — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Greek: βίσονας (vísonas) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Ancient Greek: βόνασος (bónasos) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Ancient Greek: βόλινθος (bólinthos) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Hungarian: bölény — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Icelandic: vísundur — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Indonesian: bison — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Irish: bíosún — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Italian: bisonte — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Japanese: 野牛 (yagyū) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Japanese: バイソン (baison) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Korean: 바이슨 (baiseun) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Korean: 들소 (deulso) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Latgalian: mežavierss — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Latin: bison — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Latvian: sumbrs — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Lithuanian: stumbras — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Macedonian: бизо́н (bizón) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Malay: bison — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Marathi: बायसन (bāysan) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: europeisk bison — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Old English: ūr — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Old Norse: úrr — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Old Norse: vísundr — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Ossetian: домбай (dombaj) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Pashto: بيژکۍ (bižakə́i) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Persian: بایسن (bâyson) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Polish: żubr — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Portuguese: auroque — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Portuguese: bisão — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Portuguese: bisão-europeu — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Portuguese: bisonte — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Romanian: zimbru — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Romanian: bizon — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Russian: зубр (zubr) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Russian: бизо́н (bizón) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Scottish Gaelic: bìoson — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Serbo-Croatian: бизон — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Serbo-Croatian: зубар — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Serbo-Croatian: bizon — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Serbo-Croatian: zubar — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Slovak: zubor — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Slovak: bizón — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Slovene: bizon — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Slovene: zober — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Spanish: bisonte europeo — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Spanish: cíbolo europeo — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Swahili: baisani — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Swedish: visent — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Swedish: europeisk bison — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Ottoman Turkish: یبان اوكوزی (yabān öküzü) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Ottoman Turkish: یبان صیغری (yabān sığırı) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Ukrainian: зубр (zubr) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Ukrainian: бізо́н (bizón) — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Vietnamese: bò rừng bizon — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Vietnamese: bò rừng bison — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Welsh: bual — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Welsh: bual Ewropeaidd — European bison, Bison bonasus
• Albanian: bizon — American bison, Bison bison
• Algonquin: pijakì — American bison, Bison bison
• Armenian: բիզոն (bizon) — American bison, Bison bison
• Asturian: bisonte — American bison, Bison bison
• Asturian: bisonte americanu — American bison, Bison bison
• Blackfoot: iiníí — American bison, Bison bison
• Bulgarian: бизон (bizon) — American bison, Bison bison
• Cherokee: ᏴᏑ (yvsu) — American bison, Bison bison
• Cherokee: ᏯᎾᏎ (yanase) — American bison, Bison bison
• Comanche: tasiwóo — American bison, Bison bison
• Cree: ᐸᔉᐙᐎᒧᐢᑐᐢ (paskwaawimostos) — American bison, Bison bison
• Czech: bizon — American bison, Bison bison
• Czech: bizon americký — American bison, Bison bison
• Danish: bisonokse — American bison, Bison bison
• Dutch: Amerikaanse bizon — American bison, Bison bison
• Esperanto: bizono — American bison, Bison bison
• Finnish: biisoni — American bison, Bison bison
• Finnish: amerikanbiisoni — American bison, Bison bison
• French: bison — American bison, Bison bison
• French: bison d'Amérique du Nord — American bison, Bison bison
• German: Bison — American bison, Bison bison
• German: Amerikanischer Bison — American bison, Bison bison
• Greek: βίσονας (vísonas) — American bison, Bison bison
• Gwich'in: dachan tat gwa’aak’į̀į — American bison, Bison bison
• Hungarian: amerikai bölény — American bison, Bison bison
• Indonesian: bison — American bison, Bison bison
• Irish: bíosún Meiriceánach — American bison, Bison bison
• Japanese: 野牛 (yagyū) — American bison, Bison bison
• Japanese: アメリカ野牛 (Amerika yagyū) — American bison, Bison bison
• Lakota: pté — American bison, Bison bison
• Lakota: tȟatȟáŋka — American bison, Bison bison
• Marathi: बायसन (bāysan) — American bison, Bison bison
• Navajo: ayání — American bison, Bison bison
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bisonokse — American bison, Bison bison
• Ojibwe: bizhiki — American bison, Bison bison
• Ojibwe: ᐱᔑᑭ — American bison, Bison bison
• Ojibwe: mashkodebizhiki — American bison, Bison bison
• Ojibwe: ᒪᔥᑯᑌᐱᔑᑭ — American bison, Bison bison
• Omaha-Ponca: tenúga — American bison, Bison bison
• O'odham: pisin — American bison, Bison bison
• Osage: 𐓲𐓟 (tse) — American bison, Bison bison
• Pawnee: kíwiikuʾ — American bison, Bison bison
• Polish: bizon — American bison, Bison bison
• Portuguese: bisão — American bison, Bison bison
• Portuguese: bisão-americano — American bison, Bison bison
• Portuguese: bisonte — American bison, Bison bison
• Quapaw: tóka — American bison, Bison bison
• Quapaw: tóxe — American bison, Bison bison
• Quapaw: tte — American bison, Bison bison
• Romanian: bizon — American bison, Bison bison
• Russian: бизо́н (bizón) — American bison, Bison bison
• Scottish Gaelic: buabhall — American bison, Bison bison
• Scottish Gaelic: bìoson Ameireaganach — American bison, Bison bison
• Shoshone: bozheena — American bison, Bison bison
• Spanish: bisonte americano — American bison, Bison bison
• Spanish: cíbolo americano — American bison, Bison bison
• Swahili: baisani wa Marekani — American bison, Bison bison
• Swedish: bisonoxe — American bison, Bison bison
• Ukrainian: бізо́н (bizón) — American bison, Bison bison
• Ukrainian: америка́нський бізо́н (amerykánsʹkyj bizón) — American bison, Bison bison
• Ukrainian: америка́нський зубр (amerykánsʹkyj zubr) — American bison, Bison bison
• Unami: sisilia — American bison, Bison bison
• Vietnamese: bò rừng — American bison, Bison bison
• Welsh: bual — American bison, Bison bison
• Welsh: bual Americanaidd — American bison, Bison bison
• Wichita: néérhir'a — American bison, Bison bison