bizon

See also: Bizoń

Albanian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bisōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bizɔn/
• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

Noun

bizon m (plural bizone, definite bizoni, definite plural bizonet)

1. bison

Declension

Declension of bizon

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bizon	bizoni	bizone	bizonet
accusative		bizonin
dative	bizoni	bizonit	bizoneve	bizoneve
ablative			bizonesh

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪzon]

Noun

bizon m anim

1. bison (the American one)

Declension

Declension of bizon (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bizon	bizoni
genitive	bizona	bizonů
dative	bizonovi, bizonu	bizonům
accusative	bizona	bizony
vocative	bizone	bizoni
locative	bizonovi, bizonu	bizonech
instrumental	bizonem	bizony

Derived terms

• bizoní

 

Further reading

• “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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bison, from Latin bisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.zɔn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

Noun

bizon m (plural bizons, diminutive bizonnetje n)

1. bison, bovid of the genus Bison

Hyponyms

• wisent

Derived terms

• bizonhuid
• bizonkalf
• bizonstier

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bison

Polish

bizon

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bison, 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.zɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -izɔn
• Syllabification: bi‧zon

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of bizon

	singular	plural
nominative	bizon	bizony
genitive	bizona	bizonów
dative	bizonowi	bizonom
accusative	bizona	bizony
instrumental	bizonem	bizonami
locative	bizonie	bizonach
vocative	bizonie	bizony

Related terms

adjective

• goły jak bizon

 

nouns

• bizoniątko
• bizun

 

verb

• bizunować impf

 

Further reading

• bizon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bizon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Bizon

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈzon/
• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

Noun

bizon m (plural bizoni)

1. American bison (Bison bison)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bizon	bizonul		bizoni	bizonii
genitive-dative	bizon	bizonului		bizoni	bizonilor
vocative	bizonule			bizonilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐzoːn/
• Hyphenation: bi‧zon

Noun

bìzōn m (Cyrillic spelling бѝзо̄н)

1. bison

Declension

Declension of bizon

	singular	plural
nominative	bìzōn	bizoni
genitive	bizóna	bizona
dative	bizonu	bizonima
accusative	bizona	bizone
vocative	bizone	bizoni
locative	bizonu	bizonima
instrumental	bizonom	bizonima

References

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

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bíːzɔn/

Noun

bȋzon m anim

1. bison

Inflection

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

Further reading

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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈzon/

Noun

bizon (definite accusative bizonu, plural bizonlar)

1. bison

Declension

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

Further reading

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