biro
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the BIRO brand of pens made by the BIC corporation, which were named after László Bíró, the inventor of the pen.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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, published 2008, unnumbered page:
- Frank's Biro taps delicately at the topmost of the little yellow notes.
- (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.
- (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?′
TranslationsEdit
ballpoint pen — see ballpoint pen
Further readingEdit
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EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
biro (accusative singular biron, plural biroj, accusative plural birojn)
- (directional) bearing
IbanEdit
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biro
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English beer, French bière, German Bier, Italian birra.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
biro (plural biri)
- beer
- Un glaso di biro, danko. ― One glass of beer, thanks.
Derived termsEdit
- birifar (“to brew, produce beer”)
- biriferio (“brewery”)
- birobarelo (“beer barrel”)
- biroglaso (“beer glass”)
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch bureau (“bureau”), from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
biro
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Further readingEdit
- “biro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
biro f (invariable)
- ballpoint pen, biro
- Synonym: penna a sfera
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Ngazidja ComorianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
biro class 5 (plural mabiro class 6)
- office (building or room)
Northern SamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
biro
InflectionEdit
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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 readingEdit
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Serbo-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
bìrō n (Cyrillic spelling бѝро̄)
- office
- Synonyms: kancelàrija, úred
TagalogEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
birò
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YagaraEdit
NounEdit
biro
- sir (term of address)
ReferencesEdit
- 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.