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paillon

pail·lon
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [French pah-yawn]
    • /French pɑˈyɔ̃/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [French pah-yawn]
    • /French pɑˈyɔ̃/

Definitions of paillon word

  • noun plural paillon a sheet of thin metallic foil used decoratively in enameling and gilding. 1
  • noun paillon a thin leaf of metal 0

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Origin of paillon

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
1885-90; < French, special use of paille straw (see pallet1) + -on noun suffix

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Parts of speech for Paillon

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

paillon popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

paillon usage trend in Literature

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