English

A biro.

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

Anagrams

• brio

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. (directional) bearing

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”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iro

Noun

biro f ‎(invariable)

1. ballpoint pen

Anagrams

• bori, brio, orbi

Ngazidja Comorian

Noun

biro

1. office (building or room)

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