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billiards

/ˈbɪl.jɚdz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
bil-liards
IPA
/ˈbɪl.jɚdz/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.

British usage; Uncountable

noun

Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.

American usage; Uncountable

noun

plural of billiard

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈbɪl.jɚdz/
  • British English: /ˈbɪlɪədz/

Usage

Derived Forms

bowlliards

Phrases

bar billiards billiards room carambole billiards carom billiards lawn billiards pocket billiards pyramid billiards Russian billiards

Frequently Paired Words

pool snooker

Synonyms

English billiards

Questions

How do you pronounce billiards?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪl.jɚdz/.
What does billiards mean?
A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
Where does billiards come from?
It is traced to French.

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