vison
See also: Vison and visón
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin, from French.
Noun
vison
- Used as a specific epithet; mink.
English
Neovison vison
Etymology
French vison (“mink”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪsən/
Noun
vison (plural visons)
- The American mink, variously classified as Neovison vison or Mustela vison.
Anagrams
- novis
French
Etymology
From Old French vison, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a Germanic word, compare Old High German wisula (“weasel”).[1] (An alternative suggestion that the term derives from Old High German wisunt (“bison”)[2] is semantically implausible.) Alternatively, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *viso, Latin visio, vissio (“stench”), in reference to their scent glands (near the anus).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.zɔ̃/
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Noun
un vison
vison m (plural visons)
- mink
Derived terms
- vison d'Amérique
- vison d'Europe
Descendants
- → Catalan: visó
- → English: vison
- → Galician: visón
- → Greek: βιζόν n (vizón)
- → Italian: visone
- → Piedmontese: vison
- → Portuguese: visom
- → Spanish: visón
Further reading
- “vison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “vison”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- Edward A. Roberts, Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish
- “vison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ovins, ovnis
Portuguese
Noun
vison m (plural visons)
- Alternative form of visom