ポケットビリヤード

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pocket billiards. By surface analysis, ポケット (poketto) +‎ ビリヤード (biriyādo).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ケットビリヤード [pòkéttó bíríyáꜜàdò] (Nakadaka – [7])[1]
  • IPA(key): [po̞ke̞t̚to̞ bʲiɾʲija̠ːdo̞]

Noun

ポケットビリヤード • (poketto biriyādo

  1. (billiards) pocket billiards; pool
    Synonym: プール (pūru)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN