billard
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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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]billard c (singular definite billarden, not used in plural form)
- billiards (a ball game played on a billiard table)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]billard n (singular definite billardet, plural indefinite billarder)
- Synonym of billardbord
Further reading
[edit]- “billard” in Den Danske Ordbog
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.
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