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billiards

Syllables: bil·liards/ˈbɪlɪədz/US/ˈbɪl.jɚdz/

billiards noun: a two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table. Also the plural of billiard.

billiards: a two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table
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Noun

billiards (uncountable)

  1. (UK) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
    • He was playing billiards in the casino.
  2. (US) Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.

Also used as

billiards is also the plural of billiard.

billiards meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Tagalog and Arabic

billiards in Hindi

any cue sport
बिलियर्ड्स biliyarḍs, बिलियर्ड biliyarḍ

billiards in Marathi

any cue sport
बिलियर्ड्स biliyarḍsa

billiards in Tagalog

any cue sport
bilyar

billiards in Arabic

any cue sport
بِلْيَارْدُو bilyārdū
More languagesFewer languages
billiards in Persian
بیلیارد bilyârd
billiards in Thai
บิลเลียด bin lîat
billiards in Vietnamese
trò chơi bi-a, bi-a

Synonyms of billiards

Origin of billiards

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”).

Words formed from billiards

Phrases with billiards

Questions about billiards

What does billiards mean?
Billiards means a two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
What is billiards in Hindi?
Billiards in Hindi is बिलियर्ड्स (biliyarḍs), बिलियर्ड (biliyarḍ). See Billiards meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is billiards?
Billiards is a noun.
How do you pronounce billiards?
Billiards is pronounced /ˈbɪlɪədz/ (UK).

Words near billiards in the dictionary

  1. billiard tables
  2. billiard-room
  3. billiard-rooms
  4. billiardist
  5. billiardists
  6. billiards
  7. billiards room
  8. billiards rooms
  9. billiardth
  10. Billick
  11. Billicks

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