billard

See also: Billard

English

Alternative forms

• billet
• billit

Noun

billard (plural billards)

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

References

• “billard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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/

• Audio:

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Noun

billard m (plural billards)

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

Derived terms

• sur le billard
• passer sur le billard

Descendants

• → Catalan: billar
• → Galician: billar, billardo, billarda (from Old or Middle French)
• → Italian: biliardo
• → Portuguese: bilhar
• → Russian: бильярд (bilʹjard)
  • → Crimean Tatar: bilyard
  • → Georgian: ბილიარდი (biliardi)
  • → Kazakh: бильярд (bilärd)
• → Spanish: billar
• → Vietnamese: bi-a

Further reading

• “billard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.