billardo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1418. 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”). Doublet of billar and billarda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈʎaɾðo̝/

Noun

billardo m (plural billardos)

1. a small faggot (bundle of sticks)
   • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 94:

     Iten, billardos oyto a dineiro.

     Item, faggots [sticks?], a coin for each eight

   Synonym: feixe

Related terms

• billa
• billar
• billarda

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “billard”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “billardo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /biˈʝaɾdo/ [biˈʝaɾ.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝaɾdo/ [biˈʝaɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /biˈʎaɾdo/ [biˈʎaɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃaɾdo/ [biˈʃaɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒaɾdo/ [biˈʒaɾ.ð̞o]

Noun

billardo m (plural billardos)

1. billiard