billiards.
A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
Meaning & usage
A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
He was playing billiards in the casino.
Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bikjaną Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-West Germanic *-il Frankish *bikkilbor. Old French bille Middle French bille French bille Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Frankish *-hardbor. Old French -art Middle French [Term?] French -ard French billardbor. English billiards 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”).
plural of billiard
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