"billiard" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-billiard.wav [Southern-England] Forms: billiards [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|billard}} French billard, {{der|en|fro|bille||log, tree trunk}} Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), {{der|en|VL.|*bilia}} Vulgar Latin *bilia, {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{cog|sga|bile||large tree, tree trunk}} Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”), {{cog|cel-pro|*belyos||tree}} Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), {{cog|ine-pro|*bʰolh₃yos||leaf}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), {{m|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-||blossom, flower}} *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} billiard (plural billiards)
  1. A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom. Translations (a shot in billiards or snooker): kara (Finnish), carambole (note: only in french billiard, a.k.a. carambole) [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-billiard-en-noun-dpFYBXk2 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 19 16 34 31 Disambiguation of 'a shot in billiards or snooker': 73 15 12
  2. (attributive) Pertaining to the game of billiards. Tags: attributive
    Sense id: en-billiard-en-noun-CFqJCN2y Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 19 16 34 31
  3. A dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary.
    Sense id: en-billiard-en-noun-laLEeJ3S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with bi-, English terms suffixed with -illiard Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 3 46 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 4 46 45 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 9 9 38 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 19 16 34 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -illiard: 9 8 42 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: billiard ball, billiard room, billiard table
Etymology number: 1

Numeral

IPA: /ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d/ Forms: billiards [plural]
Etymology: From French billiard, equivalent to bi- (“two”) + -illiard. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|billiard}} French billiard, {{confix|en|bi|illiard|t1=two}} bi- (“two”) + -illiard Head templates: {{head|en|numeral|plural|billiards}} billiard (plural billiards)
  1. (British, rare) 10¹⁵, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard. Tags: British, rare Categories (topical): English cardinal numbers Synonyms (a short scale quadrillion): 1015 Related terms: Previous: billion. Next: trillion. Related terms (Symbolic): 1015 = 1, 000 Translations (a million milliards — see also quadrillion): biljardi (Finnish), billiard [masculine] (French), Billiarde [feminine] (German), billardo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-billiard-en-num-oVfTneDv Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with bi-, English terms suffixed with -illiard Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 3 46 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 4 46 45 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 9 9 38 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 19 16 34 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -illiard: 9 8 42 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From French billiard, equivalent to bi- (“two”) + -illiard.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "billiards",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "numeral",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "billiards"
      },
      "expansion": "billiard (plural billiards)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "num",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Previous: billion. Next: trillion."
    },
    {
      "sense": "Symbolic",
      "word": "1015 = 1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Symbolic",
      "word": "000"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English cardinal numbers",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "10¹⁵, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thousand",
          "thousand"
        ],
        [
          "billion",
          "billion"
        ],
        [
          "million",
          "million"
        ],
        [
          "milliard",
          "milliard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, rare) 10¹⁵, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "a short scale quadrillion",
      "word": "1015"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a million milliards — see also quadrillion",
      "word": "biljardi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a million milliards — see also quadrillion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "billiard"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a million milliards — see also quadrillion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Billiarde"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a million milliards — see also quadrillion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "billardo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "billiard"
}

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