billiard
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English
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”).
Pronunciation
- 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
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Etymology 2
From French billiard, equivalent to bi- (“two”) + -illiard.
Pronunciation
Numeral
billiard (plural billiards)
Synonyms
- (1015): a short scale quadrillion
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See also
French
| ← 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
Pronunciation
Numeral
billiard m (plural billiards)
- quadrillion (1015)
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