Meanings
nounEuropean bison (plural European bison or European bisons)
plural European bisons
- A wisent (Bison bonasus, syn. Bos bonasus), Europe's heaviest land animal.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA wisent (Bison bonasus, syn. Bos bonasus), Europe's heaviest land animal.
Translations
Ancient Greek βόνασος, βόλινθος
- βόνασος (bónasos)the wisent species Bison bonasus
- βόλινθος (bólinthos)the wisent species Bison bonasus
Basque bisonte europar
- bisonte europarthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Bulgarian зу́бър, бизо́н
- зу́бър (zúbăr)the wisent species Bison bonasus
- бизо́н (bizón)the wisent species Bison bonasus
Catalan bisó europeu
- bisó europeuthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Chinese Mandarin 歐洲野牛 /欧洲野牛, 野牛
- 歐洲野牛 /欧洲野牛 (Ōuzhōu yěniú)the wisent species Bison bonasus
- 野牛 (yěniú)the wisent species Bison bonasus
- 封牛 (fēngniú)the wisent species Bison bonasus
Czech zubr
- zubrthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Danish visent, europæisk bison
- visentthe wisent species Bison bonasus
- europæisk bisonthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Dutch wisent
- wisentthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Esperanto eŭropa bizono
- eŭropa bizonothe wisent species Bison bonasus
Estonian pürg
- pürgthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Finnish visentti
- visenttithe wisent species Bison bonasus
French bison d'Europe
- bison d'Europethe wisent species Bison bonasus
German Wisent
- Wisentthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Greek ευρωπαϊκός βίσονας
- ευρωπαϊκός βίσονας (evropaïkós vísonas)the wisent species Bison bonasus
Hungarian európai bölény
- európai bölénythe wisent species Bison bonasus
Icelandic evrópuvísundur
- evrópuvísundurthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Irish bíosún
- bíosúnthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Italian bisonte europeo
- bisonte europeothe wisent species Bison bonasus
Japanese ヨーロッパバイソン, バイソン
- ヨーロッパバイソン (Yōroppa baison)the wisent species Bison bonasus
- バイソン (baison)the wisent species Bison bonasus
Latin Bos bonasus
- Bos bonasusthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Latvian sumbrs
- sumbrsthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Lithuanian stumbras
- stumbrasthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Norwegian europeisk bison
- europeisk bisonthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Polish żubr
- żubrthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Portuguese auroque, bisão-europeu
- auroquethe wisent species Bison bonasus
- bisão-europeuthe wisent species Bison bonasus
- bisonte europeuthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Romanian zimbru
- zimbruthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Russian зубр, бизо́н
- зубр (zubr)the wisent species Bison bonasus
- бизо́н (bizón)the wisent species Bison bonasus
- европе́йский зубр (jevropéjskij zubr)the wisent species Bison bonasus
Slovak zubor
- zuborthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Spanish bisonte europeo
- bisonte europeothe wisent species Bison bonasus
Swedish visent, europeisk bison
- visentthe wisent species Bison bonasus
- europeisk bisonthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Turkish avrupa bizonu
- avrupa bizonuthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Ukrainian зубр
- зубр (zubr)the wisent species Bison bonasus
Vietnamese bò bison châu Âu, bò bizon châu Âu
- bò bison châu Âuthe wisent species Bison bonasus
- bò bizon châu Âuthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Welsh bual Ewropeaidd
- bual Ewropeaiddthe wisent species Bison bonasus
Cite this entry
APA
European bison. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/European%20bison
MLA
“European bison.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/European%20bison. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “European bison,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/European%20bison.
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