biro
See also: Biro, bíró, birô, birō, and -biro
English
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A biro.
Etymology
From the BIRO brand of pens made by the BIC corporation, which were named after László Bíró, the inventor of the pen.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ.ɹəʊ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ
Noun
biro (countable and uncountable, plural biros)
- A BIRO brand ballpoint pen.
- 1945 November and December, Railway Magazine, page v, advertisement:
- Biro MARKS A TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF Writing
"BIRO" is unique: it writes with a ballpoint — a point that never goes wrong, never floods, bends or splutters — a point that rolls your writing on to the paper with effortless ease. "BIRO" ink dries as you write; you cannot smudge it; you need no blotter. […]
Retail price 55/- including purchase tax
- 1993, Iain Banks, Complicity, 2008, unnumbered page,
- Frank's Biro taps delicately at the topmost of the little yellow notes.
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- (by extension, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) Any ballpoint pen.
- 2007, Karen Foxlee, The Anatomy of Wings, page 250,
- Massimo's finger was poised above red on his multi-coloured biro like a kangaroo frozen in headlights.
- 2007, Karen Foxlee, The Anatomy of Wings, page 250,
- (uncountable, by extension) Ink from a ballpoint pen.
- 2011, Shannon Lush, Jennifer Fleming, Completely Spotless, unnumbered page,
- ‘My very creative 2-year-old son used my good friend′s white polyester Roman blinds as a canvas,’ says Jacqui. They′re now covered in blue biro. And although my friend isn′t too bothered by the biro, I am! Can you help?′
- 2011, Shannon Lush, Jennifer Fleming, Completely Spotless, unnumbered page,
Translations
ballpoint pen — see ballpoint pen
Further reading
biro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- brio, ribo-
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbiro]
- Rhymes: -iro
- Hyphenation: bi‧ro
Noun
biro (accusative singular biron, plural biroj, accusative plural birojn)
- (directional) bearing
Iban
Etymology
Borrowed from English bureau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.ro/
Noun
biro
- bureau
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English beer, French bière, German Bier, Italian birra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiro/
Noun
biro (plural biri)
- beer
- Un glaso di biro, danko. ― One glass of beer, thanks.
Derived terms
- birifar (“to brew, produce beer”)
- biriferio (“brewery”)
- birobarelo (“beer barrel”)
- biroglaso (“beer glass”)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch bureau (“bureau”), from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.ro/
- Hyphenation: bi‧ro
Noun
biro
- bureau: office.
Derived terms
- biro hukum
- biro iklan
- biro jodoh
- biro kepegawaian
- biro keuangan
- biro klasifikasi
- biro perencanaan
- biro perjalanan
- biro perlengkapan
Related terms
- birokrasi
- birokrat
- birokratis
Further reading
- “biro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbi.ro/
- Rhymes: -iro
- Hyphenation: bì‧ro
Noun
biro f (invariable)
- ballpoint pen, biro
- Synonym: penna a sfera
Anagrams
- bori, brio, brio-, orbi
Ngazidja Comorian
Etymology
From French bureau.
Noun
biro class 5 (plural mabiro class 6)
- office (building or room)
Northern Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpiro/
Noun
biro
- devil
Inflection
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Nominative | biro | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | biro | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | biro | birot | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | biro | biruid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | biro | biruid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | birui | biruide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | biros | biruin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | biruin | biruiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | biron | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
bìrō n (Cyrillic spelling бѝро̄)
- office
- Synonyms: kancelàrija, úred
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bi‧ro
- IPA(key): /ˈbiɾoʔ/, [ˈbi.ɾoʔ]
Noun
birò
- joke; jest
- Synonyms: siste, tukso, tudyo
- Naging biro na sa magkaibigan ang pinag-awayan nila dati. ― What the friends had argued about before has become a joke.
- act of joking with someone
Derived terms
- biro ng tadhana
- birong-totoo
- biruan
- biru-biruin
- biruin
- bumiro
- kabiruan
- mabiro
- magbiro
- magbiruan
- mapagbiro
- pabiro
- pagbibiro
- palabiro
Related terms
- patawa
- lambo
Yagara
Noun
biro
- sir (term of address)
References
- Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.