biliardo

Ido

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English billiards, French billards, German Billard, Italian biliardo, Russian билья́рд (bilʹjárd), Spanish billar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈli̯ar.do/

Noun

biliardo (plural biliardi)

1. (games) pool, billiards

Derived terms

• biliard-bulo (“pool ball, billiards ball”)
• biliardeyo (“pool hall, billiards hall, pool room, billiards room”)
• biliardo-bastono (“pool cue, billiards cue”)
• biliardo-tablo (“pool table, billiards table”)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English billiard, French billiard, German Billiarde, Italian biliardo, Russian биллиард (billiard), Spanish billardo. Considered derived from biliard +‎ -o, thus the special placement of the stress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.li̯ar.do/

Noun

biliardo (plural biliardi)

1. (cardinal number) quadrillion (10¹⁵)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈljar.do/
• Rhymes: -ardo
• Hyphenation: bi‧liàr‧do

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French billard.

Alternative forms

• bigliardo

Noun

biliardo m (plural biliardi)

1. (games, sports) billiards, pool

   giocare a biliardo ― to play pool

Related terms

• bilia
• biliardino

Descendants

• → Hijazi Arabic: بلياردو (bilyārdu)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بیلاردو (bilârdo), بیلیاردو (bilyardo), պիլարտօ (bilardo), պիլեարտօ (bilyardo) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: bilardo
  • → Armenian: պիլառտօ (pilaṙtō), պիլարտօ (pilartō)
  • → Laz: ბილარდო (bilardo)

Further reading

• biliardo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• biliardo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Etymology 2

Italian numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  1012	[a], [b] ←  1014	1015	1018  → [a], [b]	1021  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: un biliardo, unbiliardo     Ordinal: biliardesimo
Italian Wikipedia article on 1015

Borrowed from French billiard.

Numeral

biliardo m (plural biliardi)

1. quadrillion (10¹⁵)

Usage notes

• One quadrillion is normally written un biliardo or unbiliardo.
• Multiples are often written as two words, e.g. due biliardi (“two quadrillion”).

Anagrams

• adibirlo