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billiard
/ˈbɪljɚd/ · 8 letters · 6 distinct letters
- adjective
of or relating to billiards
a billiard ball
Word history
From French billard with the insertion of the second i and orthographic representation of the French palatalized /j/ sound, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin, from Proto Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto Indo European *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃ (“blossom, flower”).
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