See also: billón

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French billon, from Old French bille (stick of wood).

Noun

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billon (countable and uncountable, plural billons)

  1. Any of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that are used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc.
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French

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Etymology

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From Old French bille (stick of wood), from Medieval Latin billa, billia, from Gaulish *belyos (tree), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- (leaf).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bi.jɔ̃/
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Noun

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billon m (plural billons)

  1. A log or hunk of wood
  2. billon
  3. ridge (in a ploughed field)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: billó
  • English: billon
  • Portuguese: bilhão

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