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

EnglishEdit

 
A biro.

EtymologyEdit

From the BIRO brand of pens made by the BIC corporation, which were named after László Bíró, the inventor of the pen.

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ.ɹəʊ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ

NounEdit

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, 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.
  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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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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

  1. (directional) bearing

IbanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English bureau.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

biro

  1. bureau

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English beerFrench bièreGerman BierItalian birra.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

biro (plural biri)

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

Derived termsEdit

IndonesianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

biro

  1. bureau: office.

Derived termsEdit

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

biro f (invariable)

  1. ballpoint pen, biro
    Synonym: penna a sfera

AnagramsEdit

Ngazidja ComorianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French bureau.

NounEdit

biro class 5 (plural mabiro class 6)

  1. 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

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpiro/

NounEdit

biro

  1. devil

InflectionEdit

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

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)

  1. office
    Synonyms: kancelàrija, úred

TagalogEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: bi‧ro
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɾoʔ/, [ˈbi.ɾoʔ]

NounEdit

birò

  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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YagaraEdit

NounEdit

biro

  1. 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.