"billon" meaning in French

See billon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bi.jɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-billon.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: billons [plural]
Etymology: From Old French bille (“stick of wood”), from Medieval Latin billa, billia, from Gaulish *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- (“leaf”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|bille||stick of wood}} Old French bille (“stick of wood”), {{der|fr|la-med|billa}} Medieval Latin billa, {{der|fr|cel-gau|*belyos||tree}} Gaulish *belyos (“tree”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*bʰolyo-||leaf}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- (“leaf”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} billon m (plural billons)
  1. A log or hunk of wood Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-billon-fr-noun-xqa~0O0t Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 62 11 28
  2. billon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-billon-fr-noun-csksmIbL
  3. ridge (in a ploughed field) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-billon-fr-noun-BeEQEu-1 Categories (other): Alloys Disambiguation of Alloys: 23 23 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: billonnage, billonner

Inflected forms

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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A log or hunk of wood"
      ],
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        "billon"
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