billiard
English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
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”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
billiard (plural billiards)
- A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
- (attributive) Pertaining to the game of billiards.
- a billiard table; a billiard ball
- A dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary.
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit
a shot in billiards or snooker
Etymology 2 Edit
From French billiard, equivalent to bi- (“two”) + -illiard.
Pronunciation Edit
Numeral Edit
billiard (plural billiards)
Synonyms Edit
- (1015): a short scale quadrillion
Translations Edit
a million milliards — see also quadrillion
See also Edit
French Edit
← 1,000,000,000 (109) | [a], [b], [c] ← 1012 | 1015 | 1018 → [a], [b], [c] | 1021 → [a], [b], [c] |
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Cardinal (traditional spelling): un billiard, un million de milliards Cardinal (post-1990 spelling): un-billiard, un-million de milliards Ordinal: billiardième, millionième de milliardième | ||||
French Wikipedia article on 1015 |
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Numeral Edit
billiard m (plural billiards)
- quadrillion (1015)