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billiards
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?l??dz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?l.j?dz/
- Hyphenation: bil?liards
Etymology 1
From French billard, 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 *b?olh?yos (“leaf”), from *b?leh?- (“blossom, flower”).
Noun
billiards (uncountable)
- (games, Britain) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
- Synonym: English billiards
- (games, US) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cue sport
Translations
See also
- pool
- snooker
Etymology 2
Noun
billiards
- plural of billiard
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milliards
English
Noun
milliards
- plural of milliard
French
Noun
milliards m
- plural of milliard
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