bio
See also: Bio, bi'o, bio., -bio, bio-, Bio., bíó, and Appendix:Variations of "bio"
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪəʊ/
Audio (RP) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪoʊ/
- Rhymes: -aɪəʊ
Noun
bio (plural bios)
- Clipping of biography.
- To find more about her, check out her bio on Instagram.
- biographical sketch
- (informal) Clipping of biology.
- I've got a bio exam in the morning.
- 2015 June 9, Lilah Raptopoulos, quoting Reed Shapiro, “Young people speak out about their fears and hopes on climate change”, in The Guardian:
- It boils down to science. Biology, chemistry and physics. I used to hate bio and chem. Now they fascinate me because I’ve realised they make up the world around us as well as us.
- (South Africa, informal) bioscope; cinema
- 1995, HerStoriA: South African women's journal (volumes 1-3, page 31)
- Sometimes Estelle had to help her mother on Saturdays and Irwin went to classes for ultra-brainy children, but Alan and I always went to the bio.
- 1995, HerStoriA: South African women's journal (volumes 1-3, page 31)
Translations
biographical sketch
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Adjective
bio (not comparable)
- (informal) biological.
- a bio detergent
- we only purchase vegetables at the bio food shop
- my bio family
Derived terms
- bio box
- bio break
- bio energy
- bio female
- bio male
- bio queen
Anagrams
- BOI, Boi, IBO, IOB, Ibo, boi, obi
Chinese
Etymology
From the clipping of English biology.
Pronunciation
Noun
bio
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) biology
Synonyms
- 生物學／生物学 (shēngwùxué)
See also
- phy chem bio
Danish
Noun
bio
- (slang) cinema
- (slang) biology
Dutch
Etymology
From biologie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbi.oː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bio
Noun
bio f (uncountable)
- (informal) biology (as a school subject)
- Synonym: biologie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjo/
- Rhymes: -o
Etymology 1
Clipping of biologique.
Adjective
bio (invariable)
- (colloquial) biological
- (ecology) organic
Noun
bio m (uncountable)
- (informal) the organic movement
- (informal) organic food
Etymology 2
Clipping of biologie.
Noun
bio f (plural bios)
- (colloquial) biology
Etymology 3
Clipping of biographie.
Noun
bio f (plural bios)
- (colloquial, abbreviation) biography
Further reading
- “bio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- Ibo
Guerrero Amuzgo
Noun
bio
- time
Italian
Adjective
bio (invariable)
- (informal) Clipping of biologico.; organic, biological
Anagrams
- obi
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish béo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [blʲoː], [bʲoː]
Adjective
bio
- alive
- live
Noun
bio m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- living person
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bio | vio | mio |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bîo/
- Hyphenation: bi‧o
Adjective
bȉo (definite bijȇlī, comparative bjèljī, Cyrillic spelling би̏о)
- Alternative form of bijȇl.
Participle
bio (Cyrillic spelling био)
- masculine singular active past participle of biti
Spanish
Adjective
bio (invariable)
- organic (lit. "biological")
Swedish
Etymology
Clipping of biograf (“movie theater”).
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Noun
bio c
- cinema
- the movies
- Jag ska på bio ikväll, vill du hänga med?
- I'm going to the movies tonight, you wanna join?
Usage notes
For the plural, the suppletive form biografer is usually used, similar to many other Swedish words ending on /ʊ/, compare radio.
Declension
| Declension of bio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | bio | bion | — | — |
| Genitive | bios | bions | — | — |
Derived terms
- biosalong
West Makian
Etymology
Said by Collins to be from Austronesian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbi.o/
Noun
bio
- taro
References
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics