Bison

See also: bison, Bison bison, and Bison bison bison

Translingual

Bison bison

Etymology

From Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).

Proper noun

Bison m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – bisons.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Bovidae – family; Bovinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Bison bison, Bison bonasus - species

References

• Bison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bison on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bison on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Proper noun

Bison

1. A city and town in Kansas.
2. A town, the county seat of Perkins County, South Dakota.

Anagrams

• Ibson, binos, bions

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bisōn, bisōnt-, at first also in forms with -t such as Bisont. Perhaps reinforced by French bison of the same source. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz and thus a doublet of Wisent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːzɔn/

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Noun

Bison m or (less common) n (strong, genitive Bisons, plural Bisons or (rare) Bisone)

1. bison (Bison bison) [from 16th c.]

Usage notes

• The normal plural is Bisons. The form Bisone is rare.

Declension

Declension of Bison [masculine // neuter (less common), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Bison	die	Bisons, Bisone1
genitive	eines	des	Bisons	der	Bisons, Bisone1
dative	einem	dem	Bison	den	Bisons, Bisonen1
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Bison	die	Bisons, Bisone1

¹Rare.

Further reading

• “Bison” in Duden online
• “Bison” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache