billiards

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A game of billiards

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Etymology 1

From FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#BILLIARDSCategory:English terms derived from French#BILLIARDS billard, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#BILLIARDS bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar LatinCategory:English terms derived from Vulgar Latin#BILLIARDS *bilia, probably of GaulishCategory:English terms derived from Gaulish#BILLIARDS origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

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billiards (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#BILLIARDSCategory:English nouns#BILLIARDSCategory:English uncountable nouns#BILLIARDSCategory:English uncountable nouns#BILLIARDSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BILLIARDSCategory:Pages with entries#BILLIARDSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BILLIARDS

  1. (gamesCategory:en:Games#BILLIARDS, BritishCategory:British English#BILLIARDS) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
    Synonym: English billiardsCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#BILLIARDSCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#BILLIARDS
    He was playing billiards in the casino.Category:English terms with usage examples#BILLIARDS
  2. (gamesCategory:en:Games#BILLIARDS, USCategory:American English#BILLIARDS) Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.
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Etymology 2

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billiardsCategory:English non-lemma forms#BILLIARDSCategory:English noun forms#BILLIARDSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BILLIARDSCategory:Pages with entries#BILLIARDSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BILLIARDS

  1. plural of billiard
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