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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1418. From Old French billard (“rod, staff”), diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), probably ultimately from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Doublet of billar and billarda.
Pronunciation
Noun
billardo m (plural billardos)
- a small faggot (bundle of sticks)
- 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 94:
- Iten, billardos oyto a dineiro.
- Item, faggots , a coin for each eight
- Synonym: feixe
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “billardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “billard”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “billardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “billardo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “billardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝaɾdo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /biˈʎaɾdo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃaɾdo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒaɾdo/
- Rhymes: -aɾdo
- Syllabification: bi‧llar‧do
Noun
billardo m (plural billardos)
- billiard