gravillon
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ca. 1571. From grave, gravier (“grit”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “check, expand, see fr:gravier”)
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Noun[edit]
gravillon m (plural gravillons)
- fine grit, grains of stone of between six and twenty millimeters diameter
- Synonym: mignonnette
- Couvrir les allées de gravillons c’est économique mais cela demande de l’entretien.
- Covering the lanes with grit is cheap, but it demands maintenance.
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Further reading[edit]
- “gravillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.