biblo
Ido
Alternative forms
- biblio (archaic)
- Biblo (nonstandard)
Etymology
Borrowed from English Bible, French Bible, German Bibel, Italian Bibbia, Russian би́блия (bíblija), Spanish Biblia. Decision no. 1241, Progreso VII. The form without -i- was chosen to differentiate the word from other Greek derived words like biblioteko where biblio doesn’t relate to the Bible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiblo/
Noun
biblo (plural bibli)
- Bible
Derived terms
- biblala (“Biblical”)
References
- Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 229
- Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 69