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wisent

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

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  • /ˈwɪzənt/
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  • /ˈviːzənt/
  • rhymes with -ɪzənt

1

noun

Meaning 1

The European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aurochs, Bison bonasus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bison

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wisent. Doublet of bison.

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَيْسُون أُورُوبِّيّ (baysūn ʔurubbiyy) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Asturian: bisonte européu — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Azerbaijani: zubr — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Basque: bisonte europar — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Belarusian: narkamawka: зубр (zubr) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Belarusian: taraškievica: зу́бар (zúbar) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Breton: bizon europa — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Bulgarian: зу́бър (zúbǎr) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Catalan: bisó europeu — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 野牛 (yěniú) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐洲野牛 /欧洲野牛 (Ōuzhōu yěniú) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Czech: zubr — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Danish: visent — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Danish: europæisk bison — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Dutch: wisent — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Esperanto: visento — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Esperanto: eŭropa bizono — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Estonian: pürg — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Faroese: visundur — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Finnish: visentti — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • French: bison d'Europe — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • West-Frisian: wisint — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Friulian: bisont european — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Galician: bisonte europeo — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Galician: bisonoxe europeo — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Georgian: დომბა (domba) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • German: Wisent — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • German: Europäischer Bison — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Greek: βόνασος ευρωπαϊκώς (vónasos evropaïkós) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Hungarian: bölény — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Hungarian: európai bölény — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Icelandic: evrópskur vísundur — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Irish: bíosún — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Italian: bisonte europeo — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパバイソン (Yōroppa baison) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Kashubian: żuber — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Kashubian: dated zãbrz — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Kazakh: зубр (zubr) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Kyrgyz: зубр (zubr) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Ladin: bisont european — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Latin: bisōn — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Latvian: sumbrs — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Lithuanian: stumbras — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Maltese: buflu ta’ l-ewropa — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Norwegian: visent — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Occitan: bisont d'Euròpa — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Old Prussian: wissambris — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Old Prussian: zambrus — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Persian: ویسنت (visent) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Polish: żubr — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Portuguese: bisão europeu — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Portuguese: bisonte europeu — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Romanian: zimbru — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Romansh: bison europaic — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Russian: зубр (zubr) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Northern Sami: visenta — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Northern Sami: eurohpá bison — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Sardinian: boi europeu — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Sardinian: boe europeu — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Serbo-Croatian: зубар — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Serbo-Croatian: еуропски бизон — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Serbo-Croatian: zubar — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Serbo-Croatian: europski bizon — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Slovak: zubor — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Slovene: zober — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Lower Sorbian: zubr — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Upper Sorbian: zubr — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Spanish: bisonte europeo — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Sudovian: zambras — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Swedish: visent — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Swedish: europeisk bison — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Tajik: зубр (zubr) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Turkish: Avrupa bizonu — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Ottoman Turkish: یبان اوكوزی (yaban öküzü) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Ottoman Turkish: یبان صغری (yaban sığırı) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Turkmen: zubr — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Ukrainian: зубр (zubr) — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Uzbek: zubr — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Welsh: ych gwyllt — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus
  • Zazaki: bizonê Ewropa — European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus