biro

See also: bíró, birô, birō, and -biro

English

Wikipedia

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): /ˈbaɪˌɹəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ

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

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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): /'bi:ˌɾoʔ/

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-	[[{{{15}}}]]	[[{{{15}}}]]	[[{{{16}}}]]	[[{{{2}}}]]
actor II	mag-	[[mag{{{1}}}]]	[[nag{{{1}}}]]	[[nag{{{2}}}]]	[[mag{{{2}}}]]
actor III	ma-	[[ma{{{1}}}]]	[[na{{{1}}}]]	[[na{{{2}}}]]	[[ma{{{2}}}]]
actor IV	mang-	[[ma{{{3}}}]]	[[na{{{3}}}]]	[[na{{{4}}}]]	[[ma{{{4}}}]]
other actor triggers	maka-	[[maka{{{1}}}]]	[[naka{{{1}}}]]	[[naka{{{2}}}]] / [[nakaka{{{1}}}]]	[[maka{{{2}}}]] / [[makaka{{{1}}}]]
	makapag-	[[makapag{{{1}}}]]	[[nakapag{{{1}}}]]	[[nakakapag{{{1}}}]]	[[makakapag{{{1}}}]]
	magpa-	[[magpa{{{1}}}]]	[[nagpa{{{1}}}]]	[[nagpapa{{{1}}}]]	[[magpapa{{{1}}}]]
	maki-	[[maki{{{1}}}]]	[[naki{{{1}}}]]	[[nakiki{{{1}}}]]	[[makiki{{{1}}}]]
	magma-	[[magma{{{1}}}]]	[[nagma{{{1}}}]]	[[nagmama{{{1}}}]]	[[magmama{{{1}}}]]
	magsi-	[[magsi{{{1}}}]]	[[nagsi{{{1}}}]]	[[nagsisi{{{1}}}]]	[[magsisi{{{1}}}]]
	magsipag-	[[magsipag{{{1}}}]]	[[nagsipag{{{1}}}]]	[[nagsisipag{{{1}}}]]	[[magsisipag{{{1}}}]]
	magkanda-	[[magkanda{{{1}}}]]	[[nagkanda{{{1}}}]]	[[nagkakanda{{{1}}}]]	[[magkakanda{{{1}}}]]
	mapa-	[[mapa{{{1}}}]]	[[napa{{{1}}}]]	[[napapa{{{1}}}]] / [[napa{{{2}}}]]	[[mapapa{{{1}}}]] / [[mapa{{{2}}}]]
	ma-an	[[ma{{{11}}}]]	[[na{{{11}}}]]	[[na{{{14}}}]]	[[ma{{{14}}}]]
object I	-in	[[{{{5}}}]]	[[{{{6}}}]]	[[{{{7}}}]]	[[{{{8}}}]]
object II	i-	[[i{{{1}}}]]	[[{{{9}}}]]	[[{{{10}}}]]	[[i{{{2}}}]]
object III	-an	[[{{{11}}}]]	[[{{{12}}}]]	[[{{{13}}}]]	[[{{{14}}}]]
other object triggers	ma-	[[ma{{{1}}}]]	[[na{{{1}}}]]	[[na{{{2}}}]]	[[ma{{{2}}}]]
	pa-an	[[pa{{{11}}}]]	[[pina{{{11}}}]]	[[pinapa{{{11}}}]] / [[pina{{{14}}}]]	[[papa{{{11}}}]] / [[pa{{{14}}}]]
	ipa-	[[ipa{{{1}}}]]	[[ipina{{{1}}}]]	[[ipinapa{{{1}}}]]	[[ipapa{{{1}}}]]
	pa-in	[[pa{{{5}}}]]	[[pina{{{5}}}]]	[[pinapa{{{5}}}]] / [[pina{{{8}}}]]	[[papa{{{5}}}]] / [[pa{{{8}}}]]
	pag-in	[[pag{{{5}}}]]	[[pinag{{{5}}}]]	[[pinapag{{{5}}}]] / [[pinag{{{8}}}]]	[[papag{{{5}}}]] / [[pag{{{8}}}]]
locative	-an	[[{{{11}}}]]	[[{{{12}}}]]	[[{{{13}}}]]	[[{{{14}}}]]
	pag-an	[[pag{{{11}}}]]	[[pinag{{{11}}}]]	[[pinag{{{14}}}]]	[[pag{{{14}}}]]
	mapag-an	[[mapag{{{11}}}]]	[[napag{{{11}}}]]	[[napag{{{14}}}]]	[[mapag{{{14}}}]]
	ka-an	[[ka{{{11}}}]]	[[kina{{{11}}}]]	[[kinaka{{{11}}}]] / [[kina{{{14}}}]]	[[kaka{{{11}}}]] / [[ka{{{14}}}]]
benefactive	i-	[[i{{{1}}}]]	[[{{{9}}}]]	[[{{{10}}}]]	[[i{{{2}}}]]
	ipag-	[[ipag{{{1}}}]]	[[ipinag{{{1}}}]]	[[ipinag{{{2}}}]]	[[ipag{{{2}}}]]
	-an	[[{{{11}}}]]	[[{{{12}}}]]	[[{{{13}}}]]	[[{{{14}}}]]
instrument	ipa-	[[ipa{{{1}}}]]	[[ipina{{{1}}}]]	[[ipinapa{{{1}}}]]	[[ipapa{{{1}}}]]
	ipang-	[[ipa{{{3}}}]]	[[ipina{{{3}}}]]	[[ipina{{{4}}}]]	[[ipa{{{4}}}]]
	maipang-	[[maipa{{{3}}}]]	[[naipa{{{3}}}]]	[[naipa{{{4}}}]]	[[maipa{{{4}}}]]
reason/causative	ika-	[[ika{{{1}}}]]	[[ikina{{{1}}}]]	[[ikina{{{2}}}]]	[[ika{{{2}}}]]
directional	-an	[[{{{11}}}]]	[[{{{12}}}]]	[[{{{13}}}]]	[[{{{14}}}]]
	pag-an	[[pag{{{11}}}]]	[[pinag{{{11}}}]]	[[pinag{{{14}}}]]	[[pag{{{14}}}]]
	-in	[[{{{5}}}]]	[[{{{6}}}]]	[[{{{7}}}]]	[[{{{8}}}]]
reference	pag-an	[[pag{{{11}}}]]	[[pinag{{{11}}}]]	[[pinag{{{14}}}]]	[[pag{{{14}}}]]
reciprocal	mag-an	[[mag{{{11}}}]]	[[nag{{{11}}}]]	[[nag{{{14}}}]]	[[mag{{{14}}}]]
	magka-	[[magka{{{1}}}]]	[[nagka{{{1}}}]]	[[nagkaka{{{1}}}]]	[[magkaka{{{1}}}]]
Aspect
Recently Complete		[[{{{17}}}]]
Intensive Recently Complete		[[{{{18}}}]]
Note 1: 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. Note 2: Verb forms in actor triggers I to IV and object triggers I to III may have different meanings with each other.