name
Meaning 1
A surname from the Slavic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
biro
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbaɪ.ɹəʊ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪɹəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: B IH1 R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A brand of ballpoint pen: see biro.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A Biro brand ballpoint pen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Any ballpoint pen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Ink from a ballpoint pen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ballpoint, ballpoint pen, ballpen
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Broader terms: pen
History
Etymology
Genericized trademark of BIRO, named after László Bíró, the inventor of the first commercially succesful ballpoint pen.