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5-letter words (1 found)

BISON,

4-letter words (9 found)

BINS,BIOS,BOIS,IONS,NIBS,NOBS,OBIS,SNIB,SNOB,

3-letter words (22 found)

BIN,BIO,BIS,BOI,BON,BOS,INS,ION,IOS,ISO,NIB,NIS,NOB,NOS,OBI,OBS,OIS,ONS,SIB,SIN,SOB,SON,

2-letter words (12 found)

BI,BO,IN,IO,IS,NO,OB,OI,ON,OS,SI,SO,

You can make 44 words from bison according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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bison ibson bsion sbion isbon sibon biosn ibosn boisn obisn iobsn oibsn bsoin sboin bosin obsin sobin osbin isobn siobn iosbn oisbn soibn osibn bisno ibsno bsino sbino isbno sibno binso ibnso bniso nbiso inbso nibso bsnio sbnio bnsio nbsio snbio nsbio isnbo sinbo insbo nisbo snibo nsibo bions ibons boins obins iobns oibns binos ibnos bnios nbios inbos nibos bonis obnis bnois nbois onbis nobis ionbs oinbs inobs niobs onibs noibs bsoni sboni bosni obsni sobni osbni bsnoi sbnoi bnsoi nbsoi snboi nsboi bonsi obnsi bnosi nbosi onbsi nobsi sonbi osnbi snobi nsobi onsbi nosbi isonb sionb iosnb oisnb soinb osinb isnob sinob insob nisob sniob nsiob ionsb oinsb inosb niosb onisb noisb sonib osnib snoib nsoib onsib nosib

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Definitions and meaning of bison

bison

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯sən/, (US also) /ˈbaɪ̯zən/
  • Rhymes: -aɪsən, -aɪzən

Noun

bison (plural bison or (chiefly dated) bisons or (rare) bisontes)

  1. A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

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Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • bison on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • Ibson, binos, bions

French

Etymology

1307, from Latin bison.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.zɔ̃/

Noun

bison m (plural bisons, feminine bisonne)

  1. buffalo (North American bison)
  2. wisent (European bison)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Russian: бизо́н (bizón) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From English bison, from Middle English bisontes (plural), 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): [ˈbisɔn]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧son

Noun

bison (first-person possessive bisonku, second-person possessive bisonmu, third-person possessive bisonnya)

  1. bison: a large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

Further reading

  • “bison” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

1st century; together with Ancient Greek βίσων (bísōn) (2nd century; cf. modern Greek βίσονας (vísonas)) borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (bison, wisent).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbi.soːn/, [ˈbɪs̠oːn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbi.son/, [ˈbiːs̬on]

Noun

bisōn m (genitive bisōntis); third declension

  1. bison (Bison bonasus)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Further reading

  • bison”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bison in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norman

Etymology

From Middle French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (wild ox), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (wild ox, aurochs).

Noun

bison f (plural bisons)

  1. (Jersey) bison

Source: wiktionary.org