Bison

Synonyms for "bison" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Strong matches (17)

Related words (29)

Noun(1 words)
plains buffalo

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

1 entries

coordinate

6 entries

derived

9 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

7 entries

Translations

147 translations across 71 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • bizon noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bizon noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Algonquin

1 entries
  • pijakì noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • βόλινθος noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • βόνασος noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Arabic

1 entries
  • بِيسُون noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բիզոն noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Assamese

1 entries
  • বাইচন noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Asturian

4 entries
  • bisonte noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bisonte noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bisonte americanu noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bisonte européu noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • бізо́н noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • зу́бар noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • зубр noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Blackfoot

1 entries
  • iiníí noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • бизо́н noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • бизон noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • зу́бър noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Catalan

1 entries
  • bisó noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᏯᎾᏎ noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • ᏴᏑ noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 野牛 noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Comanche

1 entries
  • tasiwóo noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Cree

1 entries
  • ᐸᔉᐙᐎᒧᐢᑐᐢ noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Czech

4 entries
  • bizon noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bizon americký noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bizon evropský noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • zubr noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Danish

1 entries
  • bisonokse noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Dutch

3 entries
  • Amerikaanse bizon noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • Europese bizon noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • wisent noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • bizono noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bizono noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Faroese

2 entries
  • bisonur noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • visundur noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Finnish

4 entries
  • amerikanbiisoni noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • biisoni noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • euroopanbiisoni noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • visentti noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

French

4 entries
  • bison noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bison noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bison d'Amérique du Nord noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bison d'Europe noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

German

3 entries
  • Amerikanischer Bison noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • Bison noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • Wisent noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Greek

2 entries
  • βίσονας noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • βίσονας noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Gwich'in

1 entries
  • dachan tat gwa’aak’į̀į noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • amerikai bölény noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bölény noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • vísundur noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • bison noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bison noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Irish

2 entries
  • bíosún noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bíosún Meiriceánach noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Italian

1 entries
  • bisonte noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Japanese

4 entries
  • アメリカ野牛 noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • バイソン noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • 野牛 noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • 野牛 noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Korean

2 entries
  • 들소 noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • 바이슨 noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Lakota

2 entries
  • pté noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • tȟatȟáŋka noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • mežavierss noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Latin

1 entries
  • bison noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Latvian

1 entries
  • sumbrs noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • stumbras noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • бизо́н noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Malay

1 entries
  • bison noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Marathi

2 entries
  • बायसन noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • बायसन noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Navajo

1 entries
  • ayání noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • bisonokse noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • europeisk bison noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

O'odham

1 entries
  • pisin noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Ojibwe

4 entries
  • bizhiki noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • mashkodebizhiki noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • ᐱᔑᑭ noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • ᒪᔥᑯᑌᐱᔑᑭ noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Old English

1 entries
  • ūr noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Old Norse

2 entries
  • vísundr noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • úrr noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Omaha-Ponca

1 entries
  • tenúga noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Osage

1 entries
  • 𐓲𐓟 (tse) noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • домбай noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • یبان اوكوزی noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • یبان صیغری noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Pashto

1 entries
  • بيژکۍ noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Pawnee

1 entries
  • kíwiikuʾ noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Persian

1 entries
  • بایسن noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Polish

2 entries
  • bizon noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • żubr noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • auroque noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bisonte noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bisonte noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bisão noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Quapaw

3 entries
  • tte noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • tóka noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • tóxe noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Romanian

3 entries
  • bizon noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bizon noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • zimbru noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Russian

3 entries
  • бизо́н noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • бизо́н noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • зубр noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • buabhall noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bìoson noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bìoson Ameireaganach noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bizon noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • zubar noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • бизон noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • зубар noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Shoshone

1 entries
  • bozheena noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Slovak

2 entries
  • bizón noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • zubor noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Slovene

2 entries
  • bizon noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • zober noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bisonte americano noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bisonte europeo noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • cíbolo americano noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • cíbolo europeo noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Swahili

2 entries
  • baisani noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • baisani wa Marekani noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Swedish

3 entries
  • bisonoxe noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • europeisk bison noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • visent noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • америка́нський бізо́н noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • америка́нський зубр noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • бізо́н noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • бізо́н noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Unami

1 entries
  • sisilia noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • bò rừng noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bò rừng bison noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bò rừng bizon noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Welsh

4 entries
  • bual noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)
  • bual noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bual Americanaidd noun (American bison, Bison bison)
  • bual Ewropeaidd noun (European bison, Bison bonasus)

Wichita

1 entries
  • néérhir'a noun (American bison, Bison bison)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When Columbus discovered America, bison (American buffalo) inhabited a wide-ranging area.

Source: tatoeba (467000)

Buffalo Bill didn't kill any bison. It was climate change that did it.

Source: tatoeba (1825410)

The bison is the national mammal of the United States.

Source: tatoeba (5127178)

The bison is now the national mammal of the United States.

Source: tatoeba (5127179)

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