bio
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bio"
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
bio (plural bios)
- Clipping of biography.
- To find more about her, check out her bio on Instagram.
- 2022 November 8, Allison Theresa, “Sadie Robertson Huff Preaches Submissive Womanhood. Her Message Is Uncomfortably Compelling.”, in Cosmopolitan[1]:
- She doesn’t position herself as a biblical scholar or a prophet. She’s a humble “wifey & mommy,” according to her Instagram bio—even if her 2019 wedding did garner almost 2.5 million views on YouTube.
- 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[2]:
- 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) Clipping of 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.
Translations Edit
biographical sketch
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Adjective Edit
bio (not comparable)
- (informal) biological.
- a bio detergent
- we only purchase vegetables at the bio food shop
- my bio family
Derived terms Edit
Anagrams Edit
Chinese Edit
Etymology Edit
From the clipping of English biology.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
bio
Synonyms Edit
See also Edit
Danish Edit
Noun Edit
bio
Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
From biologie.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
bio f (uncountable)
French Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Clipping of biologique.
Adjective Edit
bio (invariable)
Noun Edit
bio m (uncountable)
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
bio f (plural bios)
Etymology 3 Edit
Clipping of biographie.
Noun Edit
bio f (plural bios)
Further reading Edit
- “bio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams Edit
Guerrero Amuzgo Edit
Noun Edit
bio
Italian Edit
Adjective Edit
bio (invariable)
- (informal) Clipping of biologico.; organic, biological
Anagrams Edit
Manx Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
bio
Noun Edit
bio m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
Mutation Edit
Manx mutation | ||
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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 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
bȉo (definite bijȇlī, comparative bjèljī, Cyrillic spelling би̏о)
- Alternative form of bijȇl.
Participle Edit
bio (Cyrillic spelling био)
Spanish Edit
Adjective Edit
bio (invariable)
- organic (lit. "biological")
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
Clipping of biograf (“movie theater”).
Pronunciation Edit
audio (file)
Noun Edit
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 Edit
For the plural, the suppletive form biografer is usually used, similar to many other Swedish words ending on /ʊ/, compare radio.
Declension Edit
Declension of bio | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | bio | bion | — | — |
Genitive | bios | bions | — | — |
Derived terms Edit
West Makian Edit
Etymology Edit
Said by Collins to be from Austronesian.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
bio
References Edit
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[3], Pacific linguistics