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Definition: Biro |
BiroNoun1. A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: BiroSynonyms: ballpen (n), ballpoint (n), ballpoint pen (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Biro |
| Non-English Usage: "Biro" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Indonesian (bureau, office), Italian (ballpoint pen, Biro), Serbo-Croatian (bureau, office). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Biro" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 47.31% of the time. "Biro" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 47.31% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Noun (singular) | 46.24% | 43 | 52,181 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.3% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 1.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 93 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Biro" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Biro | Last name | 400 | 19,302 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Biro": biro-smeared. | |
Ending with "Biro": black-biro. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
biro jodoh | 41 | brian biro | 3 |
biro | 34 | biro negara tata | 3 |
biro pusat statistik | 12 | biro edwin | 3 |
biro tatanegara | 7 | bantuan biro guaman | 3 |
biro laszlo | 6 | biro meat saw | 3 |
awam biro pengaduan | 6 | andrea biro nina | 3 |
angkasa biro | 4 | andrea biro | 3 |
biro pen | 4 | biro perjalanan wisata | 2 |
biro waagner | 4 | biro ladislo | 2 |
biro ica | 3 | david biro | 2 |
biro cek maklumat | 3 | angkasa biro perkhidmatan | 2 |
biro perjalanan | 3 | biro company manufacturing | 2 |
biro grinder meat | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Biro"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قلم حبر (fountain pen, pen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Химикалка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Stylo À Bille. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kugelschreiber (ball pen, ball point pen, ball-pen, ball-point, ballpoint-pen, pen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Στυλό "ιάρκειασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ׂט ֻ"ורי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | golyóstoll fajta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Biro (ballpoint pen), Penna A Sfera (ballpoint, ballpoint pen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irobay Шариковая учка. (various references) hemijska olovka (ball pen, ballpoint pen). (various references) boligrafo (ball pen, ball point, ball point pen). (various references) Kulspetspenna (ball pen, ball-pen). (various references) Tükenmez Kalem (ball pen, ball point pen, pen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Biro" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abiru, Bahro, bairro, bardo, Barko, Baro, barog, barol, bedro, Beiro, beor, bergo, berno, bero, Beroe, Berol, berto, beru, bevo, Bhi-ri, Bico, bifr, Bigo, bigol, bigow, bilo, bimo, bino, bioq, bipo, bir, bire, birf, birg, birh, Birik, Birir, birl, birm, birn, biroe, birp, birra, birre, Birri, birrova, birrt, birru, Birua, birv, biso, Bitoo, bivo, biyo, Bizri, Boiko, boro, borro, bri, Brigo, Brikom, brilo, Briot, briq, broj, broq, Brpo, buero, burdo, buro, byor, byrl, ibeo, ibio, ibir, iro, irro, liro, niro, ribo, ubitron, viro. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: brio. | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-o-r" | |
-1 letter: bio, bro, obi, orb, rib, rob. | |
-2 letters: bi, bo, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-o-r" | |
+1 letter: boric, brios, broil, orbit, oribi, robin. | |
+2 letters: bailor, barrio, bicorn, bicron, biform, bistro, boiler, bonier, boride, boring, borzoi, boxier, briony, broils, bromic, bromid, bromin, corbie, forbid, inborn, isobar, morbid, orbier, orbing, orbits, oribis, ourebi, probit, reboil, rhombi, ribbon, ribose, robbin, robing, robins, rubigo, sorbic, vibrio. | |
+3 letters: abrosia, aerobia, aerobic, airboat, ambroid, bailors, barrios, bicolor, bicorne, bicrons, bighorn, bigotry, bimorph, bioherm, biotron, bipolar, bistort, bistros, blowier, boarish, boggier, bohrium, boilers, bolivar, bonfire, bonnier, boomier, boorish, boozier, boracic, borides, borings, bornite, boronic, borzois, boskier, bossier, bothria, boudoir, bouvier, bricole, bridoon, brioche, bristol, brocoli, broider, broiled, broiler, broking, bromide, bromids, bromine, bromins, bromism, bromize, bronchi, brookie, brownie, burrito, caribou, ciboria, cobbier, corbeil, corbies, corbina, cowbird, deorbit, disrobe, embroil, fibroid, fibroin, fibroma, fibrous, firebox, forbids, garboil, imbower, imbrown, inboard, isobare, isobars, kilobar, labroid, microbe, nobbier, nombril, obliger, obligor, oilbird, orbiest, orbital, orbited, orbiter, ourebis, overbid, overbig, parboil, pibroch, preboil, probing, probits, probity, rabboni, rainbow, reboils, reitbok, rhombic, ribbons, ribbony, riboses, ribwort, robbing, robbins, robotic, rubigos, rubious, sorbing, strobic, strobil, taborin, thrombi, vibrato, vibrion, vibrios, wombier, zebroid. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 72 6F |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. .-. --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01110010 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i r o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 0072 006F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36758481 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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