"once" meaning in French

See once in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɔ̃s/ Audio: Fr-Paris--once.ogg [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-once.wav [France] (note: Brétigny-sur-Orge), LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-once.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: onces [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin ū̆ncia. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:inh|la:ū̆ncia}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "once", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="once">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la|ū̆ncia|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin ū̆ncia, {{inh+|fr|la|ū̆ncia}} Inherited from Latin ū̆ncia Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} once f (plural onces)
  1. ounce (avoirdupois ounce) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-once-fr-noun-utTEZMPO Categories (other): Units of measure Disambiguation of Units of measure: 50 48 2
  2. (figuratively, by extension) a little bit Tags: broadly, feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-once-fr-noun-0EwKig8x Categories (other): French entries referencing ambiguous etymons, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, French rebracketings, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Panthers, Units of measure Disambiguation of French entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 36 64 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 36 64 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 37 60 3 Disambiguation of French rebracketings: 35 61 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 31 54 15 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 31 54 15 Disambiguation of Panthers: 27 47 26 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 50 48 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɔ̃s/ Audio: Fr-Paris--once.ogg [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-once.wav [France] (note: Brétigny-sur-Orge), LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-once.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: onces [plural]
Etymology: From a rebracketing of Old French lonce which became l'once (la + once), itself from Vulgar Latin *luncea, from Latin lynx, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), or possibly borrowed from Italian lonza. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|lonce}} Old French lonce, {{inh|fr|la-vul|*luncea}} Vulgar Latin *luncea, {{inh|fr|la|lynx}} Latin lynx, {{der|fr|grc|λύγξ}} Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), {{der|fr|it|lonza}} Italian lonza Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} once f (plural onces)
  1. snow leopard Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-once-fr-noun-XMmmyNf0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "note": "Somain",
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      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "once"
}

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