billiard
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billiard¹
- /ˈbɪlɪəd/ UK
- /ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/
Where it comes from
From French billard with the insertion of the second i and orthographic representation of the French palatalized /j/ sound, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
noun billiards
- A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
- Pertaining to the game of billiards. a billiard table; a billiard ball
- A dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary.
billiard²
- /ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d/
number billiards
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10¹⁵, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard.
Similar: 1015
Translations
Talk about this word "billiard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/billiard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. billiard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/billiard "billiard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/billiard.Cite this
@misc{billiard_2026,
title = {billiard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/billiard},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
