piliet

Latvian

Verb

piliet

  1. second-person plural imperative of pilēt

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English billiards, from French billard, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pʲilʲiɛtˠ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲilʲijɛtˠ/
  • Bender phonemes: {piliyet}

Noun

piliet

  1. billiards
  2. pool (game)

Verb

piliet

  1. to play billiards
  2. to play pool

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

piliet m (plural piliets)

  1. (Sutsilvan) arrow

Synonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) frizza
  • (Surmiran) frezza
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