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once.

ounce (avoirdupois ounce)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɔ̃s/
  1. ounce (avoirdupois ounce)

    feminine
  2. a little bit

    broadly · feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin ū̆ncia.

noun/ɔ̃s/
  1. snow leopard

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

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