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billiard

/ˈbɪlɪəd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
bil-liard
IPA
/ˈbɪlɪəd/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Pertaining to the game of billiards.

noun

A dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary.

num

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

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈbɪlɪəd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

billiards (plural)

Phrases

billiard ball billiard green billiard room billiard table Previous: billion. Next: trillion. 1015 = 1

Frequently Paired Words

Previous: billion. Next: trillion. 1015 = 1 000

Synonyms

1015

Questions

How do you pronounce billiard?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪlɪəd/.
What does billiard mean?
A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
Where does billiard come from?
It is traced to French.

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