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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”).
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.
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