How to pronounce billiards
American English pronunciation
BIL-yerdz
- IPA
- /ˈbɪljɚdz/
- Syllables
- BIL · yerdz (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What billiards means
A table game of hitting balls with a long stick
In a sentence: Uncle Ray taught me to play billiards on his big green table.
Where it comes from: It comes from French billard, which first meant the wooden stick used to hit the balls.
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