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Bisam
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German
Etymology
From de gmh bisem, from de goh bisam, bisamo, borrowed from de la-med bisamum, from de he בושם bāśām, bōśem בֹּשֶׂם perfume.Friedrich Kluge (1975), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, p. 79. de Balsam balm, balsam Desman.
Pronunciation
de /ˈbiːzam/ also /ˈbiːzaːm/
de De-Bisam.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Bi sam
Noun
m:n[seldom],,e:s
musk de now chiefly zoology never used of synthetic musk
de Moschus
de Bisamratte muskrat
de Bisamfell muskrat pelt
Declension
m:n,,e:s
Derived terms
de Bisamapfel Bisamochse Bisamratte Bisamrüssler
Descendants
nl bisam 1
References
Further reading
de Perfumery