bilro
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pilūlus, diminutive of pila (“ball”), from earlier birlo.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: bil‧ro
Noun
[edit]bilro m (plural bilros)
- bobbin (in a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread)
- bobbin lace (a hand-made lace in which the thread is wound around bobbins on a padded cushion)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa, 1995
Further reading
[edit]- bilro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt