biro

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

English

A biro.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.ɹəʊ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ

Noun

biro (plural biros)

1. A BIRO brand ballpoint pen.
   • 1993, Iain Banks, Complicity, 2008, unnumbered page,

     Frank's Biro taps delicately at the topmost of the little yellow notes.

2. (by extension, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) 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. (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

ballpoint pen — see ballpoint pen

Further reading

• biro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• brio, ribo-

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiro/
• Rhymes: -iro

Noun

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

1. (directional) bearing

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Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiro/

Noun

biro (plural biri)

1. beer

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

Derived terms

• birifar (“to brew, produce beer”)
• biriferio (“brewery”)
• birobarelo (“beer barrel”)
• biroglaso (“beer glass”)

 

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bureau (“bureau”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

biro

1. bureau: office.

Derived terms

• biro hukum
• biro iklan
• biro jodoh
• biro kepegawaian
• biro keuangan
• biro klasifikasi
• biro perencanaan
• biro perjalanan
• biro perlengkapan

 

Further reading

• “biro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iro

Noun

biro f (invariable)

1. ballpoint pen, biro

   Synonym: penna a sfera

Anagrams

• bori, brio, orbi

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Ngazidja Comorian

Etymology

From French bureau.

Noun

biro class 5 (plural mabiro class 6)

1. office (building or room)

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Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpiro/

Noun

biro

1. devil

Inflection

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 reading

• 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

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bìrō n (Cyrillic spelling бѝро̄)

1. office

   Synonyms: kancelàrija, úred

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːˌɾoʔ/

Noun

biro

1. A joke.

   Naging biro na sa magkaibigan ang pinag-awayan nila dati. ― What the friends had argued about before has become a joke.

Inflection

• biruan: joke between two or more parties about anything

Verb

biro

1. To jest or make fun of in a friendly, pacifistic manner.

   Binibiro namin si Lawrence sa kakaibang paraan niya sa pakikitungo sa kapwa. ― We tease Lawrence of his queer way of dealing with people.

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for biro

Trigger	Affix	Aspect
		Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
actor I	(-)um-	bumiro	bumiro	bumibiro	bibiro
actor II	mag-	magbiro	nagbiro	nagbibiro	magbibiro
actor III	ma-	mabiro	nabiro	nabibiro	mabibiro
actor IV	mang-	mambiro	nambiro	nambibiro	mambibiro
actor V	maka-	makabiro	nakabiro	nakabibiro / nakakabiro	makabibiro / makakabiro
actor VI	makapag-	makapagbiro	nakapagbiro	nakakapagbiro	makakapagbiro
actor VII	magpa-	magpabiro	nagpabiro	nagpapabiro	magpapabiro
actor VIII	maki-	makibiro	nakibiro	nakikibiro	makikibiro
actor IX	magma-	magmabiro	nagmabiro	nagmamabiro	magmamabiro
object I	(-)in-	biruin	biniro	binibiro	bibiruin
object II	i-	ibiro	ibiniro	ibinibiro	ibibiro
object III	-an	biruan	biniruan	binibiruan	bibiruan
object IV	ma-	mabiro	nabiro	nabibiro	mabibiro
object V	pa-an	pabiruan	pinabiruan	pinapabiruan / pinabibiruan	pabibiruan / papabiruan
object VI	ipa-	ipabiro	ipinabiro	ipinabibiro	ipabibiro
locative I	-an	biruan	biniruan	binibiruan	bibiruan
locative II	pag-an	pagbiruan	pinagbiruan	pinagbibiruan	pagbibiruan
locative III	mapag-an	mapagbiruan	napagbiruan	napagbibiruan	mapagbibiruan
locative IV	ma-an	mabiruan	nabiruan	nabibiruan	mabibiruan
locative V	ka-an	kabiruan	kinabiruan	kinakabiruan / kinabibiruan	kakabiruan / kabibiruan
benefactive I	i-	ibiro	ibiniro	ibinibiro	ibibiro
benefactive II	ipag-	ipagbiro	ipinagbiro	ipinagbibiro	ipagbibiro
benefactive III	-an	biruan	biniruan	binibiruan	bibiruan
instrument I	ipa-	ipabiro	ipinabiro	ipinabibiro	ipabibiro
instrument II	ipang-	ipambiro	ipinambiro	ipinambibiro	ipambibiro
reason/causative	ika-	ikabiro	ikinabiro	ikinabibiro	ikabibiro
directional II	-an	biruan	biniruan	binibiruan	bibiruan
directional II	pag-an	pagbiruan	pinagbiruan	pinagbibiruan	pagbibiruan
reference	pag-an	pagbiruan	pinagbiruan	pinagbibiruan	pagbibiruan
reciprocal I	mag-an	magbiruan	nagbiruan	nagbibiruan	magbibiruan
reciprocal II	magka-	magkabiro	nagkabiro	nagkakabibiro	magkakabibiro
Note: Some verb forms in this table are not used, mainly because the form is semantically implausible, but also because one is preferred over the other.

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Yagara

Noun

biro

1. sir (term of address)

References

• 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.