# biro
## English
### Etymology

Genericized trademark of BIRO, named after László Bíró, the inventor of the ballpoint pen.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbaɪ.ɹəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ

### Noun

biro (countable and uncountable, plural biros)
* A Biro brand ballpoint pen.
** 1945 November and December, Railway Magazine, page v, advertisement:Biro MARKS A TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF Writing "BIRO" is unique: it writes with a ballpoint — a point that never goes wrong, never floods, bends or splutters — a point that rolls your writing on to the paper with effortless ease. "BIRO" ink dries as you write; you cannot smudge it; you need no blotter. […] Retail price 55/- including purchase tax
** 1993, Iain Banks, Complicity, published 2008, unnumbered page:Frank's Biro taps delicately at the topmost of the little yellow notes.
* (by extension, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) 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.
* (uncountable, 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
### Further reading

* biro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* ribo-, brio, robi-

## Albanian
### Noun

biro
* vocative of bir (“son”)

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbiro]
* Rhymes: -iro
* Hyphenation: bi‧ro

### Noun

biro (accusative singular biron, plural biroj, accusative plural birojn)
* (directional) bearing

## Iban
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bureau.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bi.ro/

### Noun

biro
* bureau

## Ido
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiro/

### Noun

biro (plural biri)
* 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”)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch bureau (“bureau”), from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bi.ro/
* Hyphenation: bi‧ro

### Noun

biro
* bureau: office

#### Alternative forms

* bureau (1901–1947)

#### Derived terms

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

#### Related terms

* birokrasi
* birokrat
* birokratis

### Further reading

* “biro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.ro/
* Rhymes: -iro
* Hyphenation: bì‧ro

### Noun

biro f (invariable)
* ballpoint pen, biro
    Synonym: penna a sfera

### Anagrams

* bori, brio, brio-, orbi

## Ngazidja Comorian
### Etymology

From French bureau.

### Noun

biro class 5 (plural mabiro class 6)
* office (building or room)

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish piru.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈpiro/

### Noun

biro
* devil

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

bìrō n (Cyrillic spelling бѝро̄)
* office
    Synonyms: kancelàrija, úred

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Compare Kapampangan biru and Aklanon bueo.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbiɾoʔ/ [ˈbiː.ɾoʔ]
* Rhymes: -iɾoʔ
* Syllabification: bi‧ro

### Noun

birò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜓ)
* joke; jest
    Synonyms: siste, tukso, tudyo
    Naging biro na sa magkaibigan ang pinag-awayan nila dati. ― What the friends had argued about before has become a joke.
* act of joking with someone

#### Derived terms

* biro ng tadhana
* birong-totoo
* biru-biruin
* biruan
* biruin
* bumiro
* kabiruan
* mabiro
* magbiro
* magbiruan
* mapagbiro
* pabiro
* pagbibiro
* palabiro

#### Related terms

* patawa
* lambo

### Further reading

* “biro”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “biro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Yagara
### Noun

biro
* 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.