biro

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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

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  • Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ

Noun

biro (plural biros)

  1. A BIRO brand ballpoint pen.
  2. (by extension, UK, 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

Anagrams

Esperanto

Noun

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

  1. (directional) bearing

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch bureau (“bureau”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

biro

  1. bureau: office.

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

biro f (uncountable)

  1. ballpoint pen, biro
    Synonym: penna a sfera

Anagrams

Ngazidja Comorian

Noun

biro

  1. office (building or room)

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

biro n (Cyrillic spelling биро)

  1. office

Synonyms

Tagalog

Pronunciation

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.


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.
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