# bizon
## Albanian
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin bisōn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bizɔn/
* Hyphenation: bi‧zon

### Noun

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

#### Declension
## 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: [ˈbɪzon]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bizon m anim
* bison (the American one)

#### Derived terms

* bizoní

### References

* ↑ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “bizon”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

### 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), 2008–2025
* “bizon” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.zɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bi‧zon

### Noun

bizon m (plural bizons, diminutive bizonnetje n)
* bison, bovid of the genus Bison

#### Hyponyms

* wisent

#### Derived terms

* bizonhuid
* bizonkalf
* bizonstier

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: bison

## Polish
### 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: /ˈbi.zɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -izɔn
* Syllabification: bi‧zon

### Noun

bizon m animal (diminutive bizonek)
* American bison (Bos bison)
    Coordinate term: żubr
    stado bizonów ― a herd of bison
    polować na bizony ― to hunt bison

#### Related terms

* goły jak bizon
* bizoniątko
* bizun
* bizunować impf

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “bizon”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bizon”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* ↑ bizon in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### 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: /biˈzon/
* Hyphenation: bi‧zon

### Noun

bizon m (plural bizoni)
* American bison (Bison bison)

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin bison.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǐzoːn/
* Hyphenation: bi‧zon

### Noun

bìzōn m (Cyrillic spelling бѝзо̄н)
* bison

#### Declension
### References

* “bizon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bíːzɔn/

### Noun

bȋzon m anim
* bison

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “bizon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bison.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈzon/

### Noun

bizon (definite accusative bizonu, plural bizonlar)
* bison

#### Declension
### Further reading

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