el
masculine
/biˈʎaɾ/
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Translation
billiards
Word origin
From French billard, from bille ('log, tree trunk'), later 'ball', of Frankish origin. The English 'billiards' comes from the same French source.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- billard
- English cognates
- billiards
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralbillares
Examples
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We played billiards all night at the bar.
¿ ?
Do you know how to play pool?
pesada.
The billiard table is very big and heavy.
juventud.
My grandfather was a billiards champion in his youth.
¡ partida !
What a good game of billiards we have played!
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