billon
See also: billón
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French billon, from Old French bille (“stick of wood”).
Noun
editbillon (countable and uncountable, plural billons)
- Any of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that are used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc.
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editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Old French bille (“stick of wood”), from Medieval Latin billa, billia, from Gaulish *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- (“leaf”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbillon m (plural billons)
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editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “billon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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