bison
/ˈbaɪ̯sən/
bison noun: a large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.
Noun
bison (plural bison or (chiefly dated) bisons or (rare) bisontes)
Proper noun capitalized: Bison
Bison
- A city and town in Kansas.
- A town, the county seat of Perkins County, South Dakota.
bison meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
bison in Hindi
- बाइसन
bison in Tamil
- ஆமா, காட்டெருது
bison in Marathi
- European bison, Bison bonasus
- बायसन bāysan
- American bison, Bison bison
- बायसन bāysan
bison in Bengali
- বাইসন
More languagesFewer languages
- bison in Telugu
- బైసన్
- bison in Kannada
- ಕಾಡುಕೋಣ, ಕಾಡೆಮ್ಮೆ, ಕಾಟಿ
- bison in Punjabi
- ਅਰਨਾ arnā
- bison in Gujarati
- બાઇસન, બાઈસન
- bison in Odia
- ବାଇସନ୍, ବାଇସନ
- bison in Assamese
- বাইচন baison
- bison in Nepali
- बाइसन
- bison in Pashto
- بيژکۍ bižakə́i
- bison in Arabic
- بِيسُون bīsūn
- bison in Malay
- bison
- bison in Indonesian
- bison
- bison in Persian
- بایسن bâyson
- bison in Vietnamese
- bò rừng bizon, bò rừng bison, bò rừng
Examples of bison in a sentence
- At one time were bison on the American plains not merely abundant but superabundant: they seemed inexhaustible.
- The string of bison strolled along the river.
- Mediportal animals include the bison, elephant, and rhinoceros.
Forms of bison
| plural | bison |
|---|---|
| plural (dated) | bisons |
| plural (rare) | bisontes |
Origin of bison
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.
Words formed from bison
Words that rhyme with bison
Questions about bison
- What does bison mean?
- Bison means a large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.
- What is bison in Hindi?
- Bison in Hindi is बाइसन. See Bison meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bison?
- Bison can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bison?
- Bison is pronounced /ˈbaɪ̯sən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bison?
- The plural of bison is bison.
Words near bison in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bison (page history and authors); Bison (page history and authors); bison (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bison (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bison (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bison (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bison (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਰਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); bison (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bison (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bison (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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