billard

See also: Billard

English

Alternative forms

Noun

billard (plural billards)

  1. (obsolete) A coalfish, especially a young one.

References
  • billard in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French billard (“billiards, pool table”).

Noun

billard c (definite singular billarden) (uncountable)

  1. billiards (a ball game played on a billiard table)

Noun

billard n (definite singular billardet, indefinite plural billarder, definite plural billarderne)

  1. a billiard table (another name for billardbord)

French

Etymology

Derived from bille (“log, tree trunk”) +‎ -ard, the term billard ("little log") originally referring to the cue stick with which the game is played.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.jaʁ/
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Noun

billard m (plural billards)

  1. billiards
  2. pool table
  3. (slang) operating table

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Catalan: billar
  • → Crimean Tatar: bilyard
  • → Galician: billar, billardo, billarda (from Old or Middle French)
  • → Italian: biliardo
  • → Portuguese: bilhar
  • → Spanish: billar
  • → Vietnamese: bi-a

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