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biro

See also: Biro, bíró, birô, Bíro, birō, and -biro

English

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A biro.

Etymology

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Genericized trademark of BIRO, named after László Bíró, the inventor of the ballpoint pen.

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biro (countable and uncountable, plural biros)

  1. 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.
  2. (by extension, UK, Commonwealth, 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.
  3. (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?′

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Albanian

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biro

  1. vocative of bir (“son”)

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbiro/
  • Rhymes: -iro
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ro

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biro (accusative singular biron, plural biroj, accusative plural birojn)

  1. (directional) bearing

Iban

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Borrowed from English bureau.

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biro

  1. bureau

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English beer, French bière, German Bier, Italian birra.

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biro (plural biri)

  1. beer
    Un glaso di biro, danko. ― One glass of beer, thanks.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch bureau (“bureau”), from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.

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  • IPA(key): /bi.ro/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ro

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biro

  1. bureau: office

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Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ro/
  • Rhymes: -iro
  • Hyphenation: bì‧ro

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biro f (invariable)

  1. ballpoint pen, biro
    Synonym: penna a sfera

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Ngazidja Comorian

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Etymology

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From French bureau.

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biro class 5 (plural mabiro class 6)

  1. office (building or room)

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish piru.

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpiro/

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biro

  1. devil

Inflection

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Even o-stem, no gradation
Nominative biro
Genitive biro
Singular Plural
Nominative biro birot
Accusative biro biruid
Genitive biro biruid
Illative birui biruide
Locative biros biruin
Comitative biruin biruiguin
Essive biron
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person biron birome biromet
2nd person birot birode birodet
3rd person biros biroska biroset

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  • 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

Old High German

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biro

  1. Alternative form of biru

Serbo-Croatian

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bìrō n (Cyrillic spelling бѝро̄)

  1. office
    Synonyms: kancelàrija, úred

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Compare Kapampangan biru and Aklanon bueo.

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birò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜓ)

  1. 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.
  2. act of joking with someone

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Yagara

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biro

  1. sir (term of address)

References

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  • 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.
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