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biro.

A Biro brand ballpoint pen.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbaɪ.ɹəʊ/UK
  1. A Biro brand ballpoint pen.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Any ballpoint pen.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · broadly · countable · uncountable
  3. Ink from a ballpoint pen.

    broadly · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.