biro

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.ɹəʊ/
• Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ

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?′

• biro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• brio, ribo-

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

1. (directional) bearing

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

biro (plural biri)

1. beer

   Un glaso di biro, danko.

   One glass of beer, thanks.

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

From Dutch bureau (“bureau”).

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

biro

1. bureau: office.

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

• Rhymes: -iro

biro f (invariable)

1. ballpoint pen, biro

   Synonym: penna a sfera

• bori, brio, orbi

biro

1. office (building or room)

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpiro/

biro

1. devil

• Entry 18937 in Álgu database

biro n (Cyrillic spelling биро)

1. office

• kancelarija
• biro

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːˌɾoʔ/

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.

• biruan: joke between two or more parties about anything

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.