billiard

== 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 ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɪlɪəd/ IPA(key): /ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/ ==== 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 dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From French billiard, equivalent to bi- (“two”) +‎ -illiard. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d/ ==== Numeral ==== billiard (plural billiards) (British, rare) 1015, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard. ===== Synonyms ===== (1015): a short scale quadrillion ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Previous: billion. Next: trillion. Symbolic: 1015 = 1,000,000,000,000,000 == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [biliˈɑˀd] === Noun === billiard c (singular definite billiarden, plural indefinite billiarder) 1015 ==== Declension ==== === References === “billiard” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === From bi- (“two”) +‎ -illiard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bi.ljaʁ/ === Numeral === billiard m (plural billiards) quadrillion (1015)