bilro
Portuguese
Etymology
Latin pilūlus, diminutive of pila (“ball”), from earlier birlo[1].
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /biw.ɦu/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bil.ʁu/
- Hyphenation: bil‧ro
Noun
bilro m (plural bilros)
- bobbin (in a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread)
- bobbin lace (a hand-made lace in which the thread is wound around bobbins on a padded cushion)
Synonyms
- (bobbin): fuso
- (bobbin lace): renda
References
- José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa, 1995
Further reading
bilro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt