grison

English

A grison

Etymology

From Old French gris (“gray”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Doublet of Grisons.

Noun

grison (plural grisons)

1. A small, carnivorous South American mammal, of the genus Galictis, somewhat resembling a weasel.

Hyponyms

• greater grison (Galictis vittata)
• lesser grison (Galictis cuja)

Translations

weasel like mammal (Galictis)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巢鼬 (cháoyòu)

• Finnish: grisoni (fi)
• Kazakh: гризон (grizon)
• Spanish: grisón, huroncito

Further reading

• grison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Galictis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Galictis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Gorins, O-rings, girons, groins, rosing, signor, soring

French

Etymology

From gris +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.zɔ̃/

Noun

grison m (plural grisons)

1. grey-haired man
2. (dated, colloquial) ass, donkey

Adjective

grison (feminine grisonne, masculine plural grisons, feminine plural grisonnes)

1. quite grey (especially of hair)

Further reading

• “grison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old English

Verb

grīson

1. plural preterite indicative of grīsan