billon

See also: billón

English

Etymology

Related to French bille (“log”).

Noun

billon (plural billons)

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Noun

billon m (plural billons)

  1. billon
  2. ridge (in a ploughed field)

Derived terms

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