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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/05/10 21:59 UTC 版)
From French billard with the insertion of the second i and orthographic representation of the French palatalized /j/ sound, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
| ← 1,000,000,000 (10) | ← 10 | 10 | 10 → | |
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| Cardinal: quadrillion, billiard Ordinal: quadrillionth, billiardth Multiplier: quadrillionfold, billiardfold Metric collective prefix: peta- Metric fractional prefix: femto- |
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From French billiard, equivalent to bi- (“two”) + -illiard.