billiard

See also: billiárd and Billiard

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪlɪəd/
IPA^(key): /ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

billiard (plural billiards)

A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
(attributive) 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.

Derived terms

Translations

a shot in billiards or snooker

Finnish: kara (fi)
French: carambole (fr) f (only in french billiard, a.k.a. carambole)

Etymology 2

**English numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b], [c]} ← 1,000,000,000 (10⁹)	^{[a], [b]} ← 10¹²	10¹⁵	10¹⁸ → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: quadrillion, billiard Ordinal: quadrillionth, billiardth Multiplier: quadrillionfold, billiardfold Metric collective prefix: peta- Metric fractional prefix: femto-

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *dwís

Proto-Italic *dwis

Old Latin duis

Latin bisder.

French bi-

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *smih₂

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-lom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom

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Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂

Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂

Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī

Latin mīlle

Italian mille

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ōnem

Italian -one

Italian milionebor.

Old French million

Middle French million

French million

Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?

Proto-Germanic *harduz

Frankish *-hardbor.

Old French -art

Middle French [Term?]

French -ard

French milliardbf.

French -illiard

French billiardbor.

English billiard

From French billiard, equivalent to bi- (“two”) +‎ -illiard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d/

Numeral

billiard (plural billiards)

(UK, rare) 10¹⁵, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard.

Synonyms

(10¹⁵): a short scale quadrillion

Translations

a million milliards — see also quadrillion

Finnish: biljardi (fi)
French: billiard (fr) m
German: Billiarde (de) f
Spanish: billardo m

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [biliˈɑˀd]

Noun

billiard c (singular definite billiarden, plural indefinite billiarder)

$1015$

Declension

Declension of *billiard*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	billiard	billiarden	billiarder	billiarderne
genitive	billiards	billiardens	billiarders	billiardernes

References

“billiard” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

**French numbers ^(edit)**
← 1,000,000,000 (10⁹)	^{[a], [b]} ← 10¹²	10¹⁵	10¹⁸ → ^{[a], [b]}	10²¹ → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: un billiard, un million de milliards Ordinal: billiardième, millionième de milliardième
French Wikipedia article on 10¹⁵

Etymology

From bi- (“two”) +‎ -illiard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bi.ljaʁ/
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)

Numeral

billiard m (plural billiards)

quadrillion (10¹⁵)