vison

See also: Vison and visón

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin, from French.

Noun

vison

  1. Used as a specific epithet; mink.

English

Etymology

From French vison (“mink”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪsən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

vison (plural visons)

  1. An American mink (Neogale vison).

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited 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

  • IPA(key): /vi.zɔ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

vison m (plural visons)

  1. mink

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: visó
  • → English: vison
  • → Galician: visón
  • → Greek: βιζόν n (vizón)
  • → Italian: visone
  • → Piedmontese: vison
  • → Portuguese: visom
  • → Spanish: visón

Further reading

  1. ^ “vison”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.)
  2. ^ Edward A. Roberts, Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish
  3. ^ “vison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: vi‧son

Noun

vison m (plural visons)

  1. alternative form of visom
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