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once

/ɔ̃s/

noun, feminine/ɔ̃s/plural: onces

ounce (avoirdupois ounce); a little bit

Inherited from Latin uncia.

noun, feminine/ɔ̃s/plural: onces

snow leopard

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.

once — French Dictionary | Passage