English Explanatory Dictionary

billiards

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
  2. Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.
noun
  1. plural of billiard

Pronunciation

/ˈbɪlɪədz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-billiards.wav /ˈbɪl.jɚdz/

Word forms

billiards

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

English billiards

Related words

pool snooker

Derived words

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