billon

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French billon, from Old French bille (“stick of wood”). === Noun === billon (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. ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === Bollin, LOLBin, no-bill == French == === Etymology === From Old French bille (“stick of wood”), from Medieval Latin billa, billia, from Gaulish *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- (“leaf”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bi.jɔ̃/ === Noun === billon m (plural billons) A log or hunk of wood billon ridge (in a ploughed field) ==== Derived terms ==== billonnage billonner ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: billó → English: billon → Portuguese: bilhão === Further reading === “billon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012