billiards
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A game of billiards
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɪlɪədz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɪl.jɚdz/
- Rhymes: -ɪlɪədz, -ɪljə(ɹ)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 *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Noun
billiards (uncountable)
- (games, British) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
- Synonym: English billiards
- (games, US) Any of various 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
Derived terms
Translations
any cue sport
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See also
Etymology 2
Noun
billiards