billardo

Galician

Etymology

1418. From Old French billard (rod, staff), diminutive of Old French bille (log, tree trunk), probably ultimately from Proto-Celtic *belyos (tree), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (blossom, flower).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈʎaɾðo̝/

Noun

billardo m (plural billardos)

  1. a small faggot (bundle of sticks)
    • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 94:
      Iten, billardos oyto a dineiro.
      Item, faggots [sticks?], a coin for each eight
    Synonym: feixe

References


    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • (Castilian) IPA(key): /biˈʎardo/, [biˈʎarðo]
    • (Latin America) IPA(key): /biˈɟ͡ʝardo/, [biˈʝarðo]

    Noun

    billardo m (plural billardos)

    1. billiard
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