How to pronounce bison
American English pronunciation
BY-sun
- IPA
- /ˈbaɪsən/
- Syllables
- BY · sun (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What bison means
A large wild ox with a shaggy mane and a hump
In a sentence: A herd of bison grazed on the grassy plain, their humps dark against the sky.
Where it comes from: It comes from Latin, which likely borrowed it from an old Germanic word for a wild ox. The Latin word was written down in the 1st century.
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