billon

See also: billón

English

Etymology

Related to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bille (“log”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Bollin, no-bill

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French

Etymology

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

Noun

billon m (plural billons)

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

Derived terms

• billonnage
• billonner