bisonte
Galician
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈsontɪ/
Noun
bisonte m (plural bisontes)
- bison
Italian
Etymology
From Latin bisōntem (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).
Noun
bisonte m (plural bisonti)
- bison
Latin
Noun
bisōnte
- ablative singular of bisōn
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bisōntem. Doublet of bisão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /biˈzõ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /biˈzõ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /biˈzõ.t(ɨ)/
Noun
bisonte m (plural bisontes)
- bison (a wild ox, Bison bonasus)
- Synonyms: auroque, bisão, bisão-europeu
- bison (a similar American animal, Bison bison)
- Synonyms: bisão, bisão-americano
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin bison (genitive singular bisontis), of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈsonte/ [biˈsõn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -onte
- Syllabification: bi‧son‧te
Noun
bisonte m (plural bisontes)
- bison
- Synonym: (when corresponding to the American bison) búfalo
Derived terms
- bisonte americano m
- bisonte europeo m
Further reading
- “bisonte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014