billarda

Galician

playing billarda

Etymology

From billardo, from Old French billard (“rod, staff”), diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), probably ultimately from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈʎaɾða̝/

Noun

billarda f (plural billardas)

1. tipcat; a traditional Galician sport played with a stick and a rod pointed at both ends, the latter used as a ball

   Synonym: estornela

Related terms

• billa
• billardo

References

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• “billarda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.