biljard

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French billard

Noun

biljard m (definite singular biljarden, indefinite plural biljarder, definite plural biljardene)

(games) billiards
a billiard table

Synonyms

(sense 2) biljardbord

References

“biljard” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“biljard” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French billard

Noun

biljard m (definite singular biljarden, uncountable)

(games) billiards

References

“biljard” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɪlˈjɑːrd/

Noun

biljard c

(uncountable) pool, billiards, snooker
(disputed, cardinal) the number 10¹⁵; a (short scale) quadrillion

Usage notes

As with other numbers ending in -jard (with the exception of miljard, 10⁹), this number is disputed, as several authorities^[1]^[2] claim that it "is not numeral" and "there is no name for thousand billions [e.g. 10¹⁵] in Swedish", respectively. However, the linguist Allan Ellegård claimed in^[3] in 1980 the opposite.

Declension

Declension of biljard
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	biljard	biljarden	biljarder	biljarderna
Genitive	biljards	biljardens	biljarders	biljardernas

Derived terms

(pool): biljardbord, biljardboll, biljardhall

References

↑ Kjell Elfstöm, lecturer in mathematics at Lund University, 1997
↑ Terminologicentralen
↑ Tidskriften Språkvård/1980:2, Om namn på höga tal

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[frågalund-1] Kjell Elfstöm, lecturer in mathematics at Lund University, 1997

[TNC-2] Terminologicentralen

[3] Tidskriften Språkvård/1980:2, Om namn på höga tal