venison

From Middle English venisoun, venesoun, from Anglo-Norman veneisun, venesoun, venesun (“meat of large game, particularly deer or boar; hunt”), from Latin vēnātiō, vēnātiōnem (“hunt; meat from a hunt”), formed on vēnātus, perfect participle of vēnor (“I hunt”). Doublet of venatio and venation.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.nɪ.zən/, /ˈvɛn.zən/, /ˈvɛ.nɪ.sən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.nɪ.sən/, /ˈvɛ.nɪ.zən/
• Rhymes: -ɛnɪzən, -ɛnɪsən

venison (countable and uncountable, plural venisons)

1. The meat of a deer.

   After shooting a deer, field dressing is the next step necessary for high quality venison.

2. (South Africa) The meat of an antelope.
   • 2007, Gregory Simon Bull, Marketing fresh venison in the Eastern Cape Province using a niche marketing strategy (thesis), page xcix
3. (obsolete) The meat of any wild animal that has been hunted rather than raised domestically.

• deer meat, deerflesh

• “venison”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• veneisun
• veneson
• venoisun

From Latin vēnātiō, vēnātiōnem.

venison oblique singular, f (oblique plural venisons, nominative singular venison, nominative plural venisons)

1. game (animal to be hunted)
2. meat from a hunted animal

• French: venaison
• → English: venison
• → Dutch: venezoen, venizoen

• bisse

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (venaison, supplement)