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/
• 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

Anagrams

• brio, ribo-

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Esperanto

Noun

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

1. (directional) bearing

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Ido

Etymology

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

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”)
• biroglaso (“beer glass”)
• birobarelo (“beer barrel”)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iro

Noun

biro f (invariable)

1. ballpoint pen

Anagrams

• bori, brio, orbi

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Ngazidja Comorian

Noun

biro

1. office (building or room)

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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.