billardo

== Galician == === Etymology === Attested since 1418. From Old French billard (“rod, staff”), diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), probably ultimately from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Doublet of billar and billarda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biˈʎaɾðo̝/ === Noun === billardo m (plural billardos) a small faggot (bundle of sticks) 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 94: Iten, billardos oyto a dineiro. Item, faggots [sticks?], a coin for each eight Synonym: feixe ==== Related terms ==== billa billar billarda === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “billardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “billardo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “billardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “billardo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “billardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾdo Syllabification: bi‧llar‧do === Noun === billardo m (plural billardos) billiard