billard
See also: Billard
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
billard (plural billards)
References edit
- “billard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French billard (“billiards, pool table”).
Noun edit
billard c (definite singular billarden) (uncountable)
- billiards (a ball game played on a billiard table)
Noun edit
billard n (definite singular billardet, indefinite plural billarder, definite plural billarderne)
- a billiard table (another name for billardbord)
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
billard m (plural billards)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “billard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.