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paillon

paillon noun: a thin leaf of metal, for use in gilding or enamelling, or to show through a translucent medium.

Noun

paillon (plural paillons)

  1. A thin leaf of metal, for use in gilding or enamelling, or to show through a translucent medium.

Forms of paillon

pluralpaillons

Origin of paillon

French, from paille (“straw”).

Questions about paillon

What does paillon mean?
Paillon means a thin leaf of metal, for use in gilding or enamelling, or to show through a translucent medium.
What part of speech is paillon?
Paillon is a noun.
What is the plural of paillon?
The plural of paillon is paillons.

Words near paillon in the dictionary

  1. paillassons
  2. paille maille
  3. paillette
  4. pailletted
  5. paillettes
  6. paillon
  7. paillons
  8. pailoo
  9. pailoos
  10. pailou
  11. pailous

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