"billiards" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪlɪədz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɪl.jɚdz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-billiards.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪədz, -ɪljə(ɹ)dz 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|-}} billiards (uncountable)
  1. (games, British) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table. Tags: British, uncountable Categories (topical): Games Synonyms: English billiards Translations (any cue sport): bilardo (Albanian), بِلْيَارْدُو (bilyārdū) [masculine] (Arabic), բիլիարդ (biliard) (Armenian), bilyard (Azerbaijani), білья́рд (bilʹjárd) [masculine] (Belarusian), биля́рд (biljárd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), billar [masculine] (Catalan), 檯球 (Chinese), 台球 (táiqiú) (Chinese), 桌球 (zhuōqiú) (Chinese), 撞球 (zhuàngqiú) (Chinese), 彈子 (Chinese), 弹子 (Chinese), 檯波 (Chinese Cantonese), 台波 (toi² bo¹) (Chinese Cantonese), kulečník [masculine] (Czech), billard [common-gender] (Danish), biljart [neuter] (Dutch), bilardo (Esperanto), piljard (Estonian), biljard (Faroese), biljardi (Finnish), billards [masculine, plural] (French), ბილიარდი (biliardi) (Georgian), Karambolagen [feminine, plural] (German), Billard [neuter] (German), μπιλιάρδο (biliárdo) [neuter] (Greek), billardi (Greenlandic), बिलियर्ड्स (biliyarḍs) (Hindi), बिलियर्ड (biliyarḍ) [masculine] (Hindi), biliárd (Hungarian), ballskák [feminine] (Icelandic), biliardo (Ido), billéardaí [masculine, plural] (Irish), biliardi [masculine, plural] (Italian), ビリヤード (biriyādo) (Japanese), бильярд (bilärd) (Kazakh), 당구 (danggu) (alt: 撞球) (Korean), biljards [masculine] (Latvian), biliardas (Lithuanian), билија́рд (bilijárd) [masculine] (Macedonian), билја́рд (biljárd) [masculine] (Macedonian), biljard (Maltese), billiardyn [plural] (Manx), piriota (Maori), bilyar [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), biljard [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), biljard [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), بیلیارد (bilyârd) (Persian), bilard [masculine] (Polish), bilhar [masculine] (Portuguese), biliard (Romanian), билья́рд (bilʹjárd) [masculine] (Russian), билијар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), биљар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bilijar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), biljar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), biliard [masculine] (Slovak), gulečník [masculine] (Slovak), biljard [masculine] (Slovene), billar [masculine] (Spanish), biljard [common-gender] (Swedish), bilyar (Tagalog), บิลเลียด (bin lîat) (Thai), རྒྱུག་པོལ (rgyug pol) (Tibetan), bilardo (Turkish), білья́рд (bilʹjárd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), trò chơi bi-a (Vietnamese), bi-a (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-billiards-en-noun-njcFt96~ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 39 2 Topics: games Disambiguation of 'any cue sport': 80 20
  2. (games, US) Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue. Tags: US, uncountable Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-billiards-en-noun-9UvT0NI- Categories (other): American English Topics: games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bar billiards, billiards room, carambole billiards, carom billiards, lawn billiards, pocket billiards, pyramid billiards, Russian billiards Related terms: pool, snooker
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪlɪədz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɪl.jɚdz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-billiards.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪədz, -ɪljə(ɹ)dz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} billiards
  1. plural of billiard Tags: form-of, plural Form of: billiard
    Sense id: en-billiards-en-noun-BF~z0XvS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "biliárdo",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
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          "word": "μπιλιάρδο"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "biliyarḍs",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "word": "बिलियर्ड्स"
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          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "word": "biliárd"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ballskák"
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        {
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "word": "biliardo"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
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          "word": "billéardaí"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
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            "plural"
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        },
        {
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "biriyādo",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "word": "ビリヤード"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bilärd",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "word": "бильярд"
        },
        {
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          "alt": "撞球",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "danggu",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "word": "당구"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "bilyar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "biljards"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "word": "biliardas"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bilijárd",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "билија́рд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "biljárd",
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "piriota"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "word": "biljard"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bilyârd",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bilard"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bilhar"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bilʹjárd",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "билья́рд"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "билијар"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
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          "word": "биљар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "any cue sport",
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          "word": "bilijar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "word": "billiards room"
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      "word": "carom billiards"
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      "word": "lawn billiards"
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      "word": "pocket billiards"
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    {
      "word": "pyramid billiards"
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "բիլիարդ"
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      "word": "bilyard"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bilʹjárd",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "білья́рд"
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "檯球"
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      "word": "台球"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "檯波"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "word": "台波"
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "bilardo"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "piljard"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "word": "biljard"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "biljardi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "ბილიარდი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Karambolagen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Billard"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "biliárd"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
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      "word": "ballskák"
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "alt": "撞球",
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      "word": "당구"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "word": "bilyar"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "code": "mt",
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      "code": "gv",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "piriota"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "word": "biljard"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
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      "word": "biljard"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "بیلیارد"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bilhar"
    },
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "biliard"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "билья́рд"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "билијар"
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    {
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "биљар"
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    {
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "any cue sport",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "biljar"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biliard"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biljard"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "billar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "biljard"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "bilyar"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bin lîat",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "บิลเลียด"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "rgyug pol",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "རྒྱུག་པོལ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "bilardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bilʹjárd",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "білья́рд"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "trò chơi bi-a"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any cue sport",
      "word": "bi-a"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "billiards"
  ],
  "word": "billiards"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪljə(ɹ)dz",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪljə(ɹ)dz/2 syllables",
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    "billiards"
  ],
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}

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