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vison

See also: Vison and visón

Translingual

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Etymology

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From New Latin, from French.

Noun

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vison

  1. Used as a specific epithet; mink.

English

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Neovison vison

Etymology

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From French vison (“mink”).

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Noun

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vison (plural visons)

  1. The American mink, variously classified as Neovison vison or Mustela vison.

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French vison, of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from a Germanic source such as Frankish *wisulā (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 (“to fart”), vissio (“stench”), in reference to their scent glands (near the anus).[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vi.zɔ̃/
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Noun

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un vison

vison m (plural visons)

  1. mink

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Catalan: visó
  • → English: vison
  • → Galician: visón
  • → Greek: βιζόν n (vizón)
  • → Italian: visone
  • → Piedmontese: vison
  • → Portuguese: visom
  • → Spanish: visón

Further reading

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  1. ^ “vison”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.)
  2. ^ Edward A. Roberts, Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish
  3. ^ “vison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: vi‧son

Noun

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vison m (plural visons)

  1. Alternative form of visom
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