billiard
num/ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d/
Etymology From French billiard, equivalent to bi- (“two”) + -illiard.
- Synonyms
- 1015
- Related terms
- Previous: billion. Next: trillion., 1015 = 1, 000
billiard
nounUK /ˈbɪlɪəd/ · /ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/
Etymology From French billard with the insertion of the second i and orthographic representation of the French palatalized /j/ sound, 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”).
1
A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
2
Pertaining to the game of billiards.
- a billiard table; a billiard ball
3
A dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary.
- Derived terms
- billiard ball, billiard green, billiard room, billiard table