vison
Translingual
editEtymology
editNoun
editvison
- Used as a specific epithet; mink.
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvison (plural visons)
- The American mink, variously classified as Neovison vison or Mustela vison.
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editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editvison m (plural visons)
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editFurther reading
edit- “vison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ “vison”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.)
- ^ Edward A. Roberts, Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish
- ^ “vison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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editPortuguese
editPronunciation
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- Hyphenation: vi‧son
Noun
editvison m (plural visons)
- Alternative form of visom
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