Meanings
billiards1
- UKuncountablegamesA 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.
Synonyms: English billiards
billiards2
- pluralplural of billiard
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
- Proto-Germanic*bikjaną
- Proto-West Germanic*bikkjan
- Frankish*bikki
- Old Frenchbille
- Middle Frenchbille
- Frenchbille
- Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*harduz
- Middle French[Term?]
- Frenchbillard
- Englishbilliards
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”).
More words from French, Old French, Vulgar Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بِلْيَارْدُو
- بِلْيَارْدُو (bilyārdū)any cue sport
Bulgarian биля́рд
- биля́рд (biljárd)any cue sport
Catalan billar
- billarany cue sport
Chinese 檯球 /台球, 桌球
- 檯球 /台球 (táiqiú)any cue sport
- 桌球 (zhuōqiú)any cue sport
- 撞球 (zhuàngqiú)any cue sport
- 彈子 /弹子any cue sport
Chinese Cantonese 檯波 /台波
- 檯波 /台波 (toi² bo¹)any cue sport
Czech kulečník
- kulečníkany cue sport
Danish billard
- billardany cue sport
Dutch biljart
- biljartany cue sport
Esperanto bilardo
- bilardoany cue sport
Estonian piljard
- piljardany cue sport
Finnish biljardi
- biljardiany cue sport
French billards
- billardsany cue sport
German Karambolagen, Billard
- Karambolagenany cue sport
- Billardany cue sport
Greek μπιλιάρδο
- μπιλιάρδο (biliárdo)any cue sport
Hindi बिलियर्ड्स, बिलियर्ड
- बिलियर्ड्स (biliyarḍs)any cue sport
- बिलियर्ड (biliyarḍ)any cue sport
Hungarian biliárd
- biliárdany cue sport
Icelandic ballskák
- ballskákany cue sport
Irish billéardaí
- billéardaíany cue sport
Italian biliardi
- biliardiany cue sport
Japanese ビリヤード
- ビリヤード (biriyādo)any cue sport
Korean 당구
- 당구 (danggu)any cue sport
Latvian biljards
- biljardsany cue sport
Lithuanian biliardas
- biliardasany cue sport
Māori piriota
- piriotaany cue sport
Norwegian Bokmål biljard
- biljardany cue sport
Persian بیلیارد
- بیلیارد (bilyârd)any cue sport
Polish bilard
- bilardany cue sport
Portuguese bilhar
- bilharany cue sport
Romanian biliard
- biliardany cue sport
Russian билья́рд
- билья́рд (bilʹjárd)any cue sport
Slovak biliard, gulečník
- biliardany cue sport
- gulečníkany cue sport
Spanish billar, chapolín
- billarany cue sport
- chapolínany cue sport
Swahili biliadi
- biliadiany cue sport
Swedish biljard
- biljardany cue sport
Tagalog bilyar
- bilyarany cue sport
Thai บิลเลียด
- บิลเลียด (bin lîat)any cue sport
Turkish bilardo
- bilardoany cue sport
Ukrainian білья́рд
- білья́рд (bilʹjárd)any cue sport
Vietnamese trò chơi bi-a, bi-a
- trò chơi bi-aany cue sport
- bi-aany cue sport
Cite this entry
billiards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billiards
“billiards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billiards. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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