Phrase guide

European bison

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /jʊɹəˌpiːən ˈbaɪsn̩/
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noun

Meaning 1

The wisent, species Bos bonasus, Europe's heaviest land animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aurochs, wisent, zubr

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bizoni europian — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Armenian: զուբր (zubr) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Asturian: bisonte européu — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Basque: bisonte europar — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Belarusian: зубр (zubr) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Belarusian: зу́бар (zúbar) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Belarusian: бізо́н (bizón) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Breton: bizon europa — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Bulgarian: зу́бър (zúbǎr) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Bulgarian: бизо́н (bizón) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Catalan: bisó europeu — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐洲野牛 /欧洲野牛 (Ōuzhōu yěniú) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 野牛 (yěniú) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 封牛 (fēngniú) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Czech: zubr — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Danish: visent — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Danish: europæisk bison — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Dutch: wisent — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Esperanto: eŭropa bizono — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Estonian: pürg — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Faroese: evropiskur bisonur — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Finnish: visentti — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • French: bison d'Europe — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • West-Frisian: wisint — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Friulian: bisont european — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Galician: bisonte europeo — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • German: Wisent — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Greek: ευρωπαϊκός βίσονας (evropaïkós vísonas) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Ancient Greek: βόνασος (bónasos) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Ancient Greek: βόλινθος (bólinthos) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Hungarian: európai bölény — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Icelandic: evrópuvísundur — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Irish: bíosún — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Italian: bisonte europeo — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパバイソン (Yōroppa baison) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Japanese: バイソン (baison) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Ladin: bisont european — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Latin: Bos bonasus — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Latvian: sumbrs — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Lithuanian: stumbras — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Macedonian: европски бизон (evropski bizon) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Maltese: buflu ta’ l-ewropa — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Norwegian: europeisk bison — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Occitan: bisont d'Euròpa — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Polish: żubr — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Portuguese: auroque — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Portuguese: bisão-europeu — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Portuguese: bisonte europeu — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Romanian: zimbru — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Romansh: bison europaic — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Russian: зубр (zubr) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Russian: бизо́н (bizón) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Russian: европе́йский зубр (jevropéjskij zubr) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Sami: eurohpá bison — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Sami: visenta — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Sardinian: boi europeu — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Sardinian: boe europeu — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Serbo-Croatian: еуропски бизон — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Serbo-Croatian: зубар — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Serbo-Croatian: бизон — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Serbo-Croatian: europski bizon — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Serbo-Croatian: zubar — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Serbo-Croatian: bizon — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Slovak: zubor — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Slovene: zober — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Lower Sorbian: zubr — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Upper Sorbian: zubr — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Spanish: bisonte europeo — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Swedish: visent — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Swedish: europeisk bison — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Turkish: avrupa bizonu — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Ottoman Turkish: یبان اوكوزی (yaban öküzü) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Ottoman Turkish: یبان صغری (yaban sığırı) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Ukrainian: зубр (zubr) — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Vietnamese: bò bison châu Âu — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Vietnamese: bò bizon châu Âu — the wisent species Bos bonasus
  • Welsh: bual Ewropeaidd — the wisent species Bos bonasus