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Etymology
[edit]Genericized trademark of BIRO, named after László Bíró, the inventor of the ballpoint pen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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, 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.
- (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?′
Translations
[edit]ballpoint pen — see ballpoint pen
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Esperanto
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]biro (accusative singular biron, plural biroj, accusative plural birojn)
- (directional) bearing
Iban
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]biro
Ido
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English beer, French bière, German Bier, Italian birra.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]biro (plural biri)
- beer
- Un glaso di biro, danko. ― One glass of beer, thanks.
Derived terms
[edit]- birifar (“to brew, produce beer”)
- biriferio (“brewery”)
- birobarelo (“beer barrel”)
- biroglaso (“beer glass”)
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch bureau (“bureau”), from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]biro
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “biro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]biro f (invariable)
- ballpoint pen, biro
- Synonym: penna a sfera
Anagrams
[edit]Ngazidja Comorian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]biro class 5 (plural mabiro class 6)
- office (building or room)
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]biro
Inflection
[edit]Even o-stem, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- 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-Croatian
[edit]Noun
[edit]bìrō n (Cyrillic spelling бѝро̄)
- office
- Synonyms: kancelàrija, úred
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Kapampangan biru and Aklanon bueo.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbiɾoʔ/ [ˈbiː.ɾoʔ]
- Rhymes: -iɾoʔ
- Syllabification: bi‧ro
Noun
[edit]birò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜓ)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “biro” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “biro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Yagara
[edit]Noun
[edit]biro
- sir (term of address)
References
[edit]- 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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