bisonte
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bisonte m (plural bisontes)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin bisōntem (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).
Noun edit
bisonte m (plural bisonti)
Latin edit
Noun edit
bisōnte
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bisōntem. Doublet of bisão.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bisontem, of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /biˈsonte/ [biˈsõn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -onte
- Syllabification: bi‧son‧te
Noun edit
bisonte m (plural bisontes)
- bison
- Synonyms: (when corresponding to the American bison) búfalo, (New Mexico) cíbolo
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bisonte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014