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]

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)
• “bizon” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, 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 (Cyrillic spelling бѝзо̄н)

1. bison

• “bizon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• IPA^(key): /bíːzɔn/

bȋzon m anim

1. bison

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	bízon
gen. sing.	bízona
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bízon	bízona	bízoni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bízona	bízonov	bízonov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bízonu	bízonoma	bízonom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bízona	bízona	bízone
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bízonu	bízonih	bízonih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bízonom	bízonoma	bízoni

• “bizon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Borrowed from French bison.

• IPA^(key): /biˈzon/

bizon (definite accusative bizonu, plural bizonlar)

1. bison

Inflection
Nominative	bizon
Definite accusative	bizonu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bizon	bizonlar
Definite accusative	bizonu	bizonları
Dative	bizona	bizonlara
Locative	bizonda	bizonlarda
Ablative	bizondan	bizonlardan
Genitive	bizonun	bizonların

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