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Bison¹
proper noun
- A city and town in Kansas.
- A town, the county seat of Perkins County, South Dakota.
bison²
- /ˈbaɪ̯sən/ UK, US
Rhymes with -aɪsən, -aɪzən
Where it comes from
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.
noun bison · bisons · bisontes
- A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: plains, wisent, buffalo, bonasus, animals, buffaloes, zubr, tatanka, aurochs, bogue, admire, benedict, augusta, lebo, burlingame, reserve
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noun European bison, Bison bonasus
| Español | bisonte europeo, cíbolo europeo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 바이슨 baiseun, 들소 deulso |
| 日本語 | 野牛 yagyū, バイソン baison |
| 中文 | 野牛 yěniú |
| Kiswahili | baisani |
| Português | auroque, bisão, bisão-europeu, bisonte |
| Français | bison, bison d'Europe |
| Deutsch | Wisent |
| Italiano | bisonte |
| Ελληνικά | βίσονας vísonas |
| Română | zimbru, bizon |
| Русский | зубр zubr, бизо́н bizón |
| Tiếng Việt | bò rừng bizon, bò rừng bison |
| العربية | بِيسُون bīsūn |
noun American bison, Bison bison
| Español | bisonte americano, cíbolo americano |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 野牛 yagyū, アメリカ野牛 Amerika yagyū |
| Kiswahili | baisani wa Marekani |
| Português | bisão, bisão-americano, bisonte |
| Français | bison, bison d'Amérique du Nord |
| Deutsch | Bison, Amerikanischer Bison |
| Ελληνικά | βίσονας vísonas |
| Română | bizon |
| Русский | бизо́н bizón |
| Tiếng Việt | bò rừng |
Talk about this word "bison." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bison. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bison. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bison "bison." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bison.Cite this
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title = {bison},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bison},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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