bison
French, noun/bi.zɔ̃/
bison is spelled B-I-S-O-N (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bison is a French masculine noun meaning “buffalo (North American bison)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand bovidé (du genre Bison) existant en Amérique (Bison bison) et en Europe (Bison bonasus)”.
What does bison mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuffalo (North American bison)
- 2
masculinewisent (European bison)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand bovidé (du genre Bison) existant en Amérique (Bison bison) et en Europe (Bison bonasus). 2. Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est parfois assimilé au buffle. On le retrouve surtout dans les armoiries canadiennes. À rapprocher de bœuf, buffle, taureau et vache.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bison
- bisons plural
- bisonne feminine
- bizon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bison?
- /bi.zɔ̃/
- \bi.zɔ̃\
- [bi.zɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bison in French?
bison appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).