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bullion

/ˈbʊljən/BUUL-yuhn
/ˈbʊljən/BUUL-yuhn

Meaningboil

Common meaning: gold or silver in bulk or bars

Journey through time

  1. Latinbulla‘boil’source
  2. Late Latinbullionemsource
  3. Medieval Latinmeaning shiftsboil → mass of gold or silverbullio‘mass of gold or silver’source
  4. Old Frenchbullionesource
  5. Frenchmeaning shiftsmass of gold or silver → a boilingbouillon‘a boiling’source
  6. Englishmeaning shiftsa boiling → gold or silver in bulk or barsbullion‘gold or silver in bulk or bars’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin bulla ‘boil’.

Roots

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