grison

grison

English

a grison

Etymology

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

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

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French

Etymology

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.