bullion

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Base or uncurrent coin.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
5. (countable, uncountable) The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.

Conceptos

lingote

oro o plata en lingotes

tejo

tejón

oro en barras

lingote de metal

Sinónimos

ingot

specie

cash

💸

reguli

metal block

metal biscuit

dore metal

nugget

derby

Traducciones

lingotto

Barren

Goldbarren

lingot

χρυσάφι

Hartgeld

Münze

💸

Metallgeld

ράβδοι άργυρου

άργυρος σε ράβδους

or en barre

lamina

blok

staaf

goudstaaf

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbʊl.jən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: bulloin

Cognado con francés: bouillon

Cognado con neerlandés medio: boelioen

In summary

From Middle English bulloin, bullioun, from Anglo-Norman bullion, of obscure origin, perhaps from French bouillon, extending the sense to that of ‘melting’. Middle Dutch boelioen (“base metal”) seems to have come from the unrelated French billon.