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"ref": "1945 November and December, Railway Magazine, page v, advertisement",
"text": "Biro MARKS A TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF Writing\n\"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. […]\nRetail price 55/- including purchase tax",
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"ref": "1993, Iain Banks, Complicity, published 2008, unnumbered page",
"text": "Frank's Biro taps delicately at the topmost of the little yellow notes.",
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"ref": "2007, Karen Foxlee, The Anatomy of Wings, page 250",
"text": "Massimo's finger was poised above red on his multi-coloured biro like a kangaroo frozen in headlights.",
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"ref": "2011, Shannon Lush, Jennifer Fleming, Completely Spotless, unnumbered page",
"text": "‘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?′",
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"english": "beer barrel",
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"english": "beer glass",
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"english": "One glass of beer, thanks.",
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"word": "biro hukum"
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{
"word": "biro iklan"
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{
"word": "biro jodoh"
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{
"word": "biro kepegawaian"
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{
"word": "biro keuangan"
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{
"word": "biro klasifikasi"
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{
"word": "biro perencanaan"
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{
"word": "biro perjalanan"
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{
"word": "biro perlengkapan"
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"word": "penna a sfera"
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"form": "o-stem",
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"class"
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{
"form": "no gradation",
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"class"
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{
"form": "Even o-stem",
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"form": "biro",
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"nominative",
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"form": "biruid",
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"form": "biro",
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"locative",
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"comitative",
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"form": "biron",
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"form": "birodet",
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"plural",
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"second-person"
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{
"form": "se-infl-noun-even-ng",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "biron",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"possessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "birome",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"first-person",
"possessive"
]
},
{
"form": "biromet",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"possessive"
]
},
{
"form": "birot",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "birode",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "birodet",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "biros",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "biroska",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "biroset",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "se",
"2": "nouns",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "biro",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "biro",
"name": "se-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "biro"
},
"name": "se-infl-noun-even-ng"
}
],
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"lang_code": "se",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Northern Sami 2-syllable words",
"Northern Sami entries with incorrect language header",
"Northern Sami even nouns",
"Northern Sami even o-stem nouns",
"Northern Sami lemmas",
"Northern Sami non-gradating even nouns",
"Northern Sami nouns",
"Northern Sami terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"devil"
],
"links": [
[
"devil",
"devil"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpiro/",
"tags": [
"Kautokeino"
]
}
],
"word": "biro"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "bìrō",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "бѝро̄",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n",
"head": "bìrō"
},
"expansion": "bìrō n (Cyrillic spelling бѝро̄)",
"name": "sh-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
"Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
"Serbo-Croatian neuter nouns",
"Serbo-Croatian nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"office"
],
"links": [
[
"office",
"office"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kancelàrija"
},
{
"word": "úred"
}
]
}
],
"word": "biro"
}
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog 2-syllable words",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "biro ng tadhana"
},
{
"word": "birong-totoo"
},
{
"word": "biru-biruin"
},
{
"word": "biruan"
},
{
"word": "biruin"
},
{
"word": "bumiro"
},
{
"word": "kabiruan"
},
{
"word": "mabiro"
},
{
"word": "magbiro"
},
{
"word": "magbiruan"
},
{
"word": "mapagbiro"
},
{
"word": "pabiro"
},
{
"word": "pagbibiro"
},
{
"word": "palabiro"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pam",
"2": "biru"
},
"expansion": "Kapampangan biru",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "akl",
"2": "bueo"
},
"expansion": "Aklanon bueo",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Kapampangan biru and Aklanon bueo.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "birò",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜊᜒᜇᜓ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "birò",
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "birò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜓ)",
"name": "tl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bi‧ro"
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "patawa"
},
{
"word": "lambo"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What the friends had argued about before has become a joke.",
"text": "Naging biro na sa magkaibigan ang pinag-awayan nila dati.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"joke; jest"
],
"links": [
[
"joke",
"joke"
],
[
"jest",
"jest"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "siste"
},
{
"word": "tukso"
},
{
"word": "tudyo"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"act of joking with someone"
],
"links": [
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"joking",
"joking"
],
[
"someone",
"someone"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbiɾoʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbi.ɾoʔ]"
}
],
"word": "biro"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yxg",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "biro",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yagara",
"lang_code": "yxg",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yagara entries with incorrect language header",
"Yagara lemmas",
"Yagara nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"sir (term of address)"
],
"links": [
[
"sir",
"sir"
]
]
}
],
"word": "biro"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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