billiards en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbɪlɪədz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbɪl.jɚdz/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bikjaną Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-West Germanic *-il Frankish *bikkilbor. Old French bille Middle French bille French bille Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Frankish *-hardbor. Old French -art Middle French [Term?] French -ard French billardbor. English billiards 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 *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Meanings
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(UK, uncountable) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
He was playing billiards in the casino.
- (US, uncountable) Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.
Deriveds
carom billiards · bar billiards · pocket billiards · lawn billiards · Russian billiards · pyramid billiards · carambole billiards · billiards room · bowlliards
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Translations (69)
ko 당구 (any cue sport) · ro biliard (any cue sport) · fi biljardi (any cue sport) · mk билија́рд (any cue sport) · nn biljard (any cue sport) · gv billiardyn (any cue sport) · pl bilard (any cue sport) · sv biljard (any cue sport) · mt biljard (any cue sport) · sh biljar (any cue sport) · cmn 彈子 /弹子 (any cue sport) · mk билја́рд (any cue sport) · ga billéardaí (any cue sport) · da billard (any cue sport) · uk білья́рд (any cue sport) · sl biljard (any cue sport) · sk biliard (any cue sport) · lt biliardas (any cue sport) · yue 檯波 /台波 (any cue sport) · el μπιλιάρδο (any cue sport) · de Karambolagen (any cue sport) · sw biliadi (any cue sport) · ka ბილიარდი (any cue sport) · ru билья́рд (any cue sport) · hu biliárd (any cue sport) · cmn 檯球 /台球 (any cue sport) · ca billar (any cue sport) · io biliardo (any cue sport) · hy բիլիարդ (any cue sport) · hi बिलियर्ड (any cue sport) · is ballskák (any cue sport) · cs kulečník (any cue sport) · tl bilyar (any cue sport) · cmn 撞球 (any cue sport) · nl biljart (any cue sport) · es billar (any cue sport) · nb biljard (any cue sport) · lv biljards (any cue sport) · sk gulečník (any cue sport) · fr billards (any cue sport) · be білья́рд (any cue sport) · kk бильярд (any cue sport) · sh билијар (any cue sport) · de Billard (any cue sport) · sh биљар (any cue sport) · mi piriota (any cue sport) · ar بِلْيَارْدُو (any cue sport) · sh bilijar (any cue sport) · kmr bilyar (any cue sport) · kl billardi (any cue sport) · es chapolín (any cue sport) · fa بیلیارد (any cue sport) · eo bilardo (any cue sport) · vi bi-a (any cue sport) · th บิลเลียด (any cue sport) · bo རྒྱུག་པོལ (any cue sport) · vi trò chơi bi-a (any cue sport) · pt bilhar (any cue sport) · bg биля́рд (any cue sport) · it biliardi (any cue sport) · et piljard (any cue sport) · sq bilardo (any cue sport) · az bilyard (any cue sport) · mr बिलियर्ड्स (any cue sport) · cmn 桌球 (any cue sport) · hi बिलियर्ड्स (any cue sport) · fo biljard (any cue sport) · tr bilardo (any cue sport) · ja ビリヤード (any cue sport)