Biro

British

/ ˈbaɪrəʊ /

noun

a kind of ballpoint

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Biro

C20: named after Laszlo Bíró (1900–85), Hungarian inventor

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Biro

Attila Biro, another journalist associated with OCCRP, reports on crime and corruption from Romania.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025

Harry recalls receiving a Biro — wrapped, for some reason, in a tiny rubber fish — as a present one Christmas from Princess Margaret, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2023

Biro has also worked at Ernst & Young, where he built up and led a fraud detection and prevention team for more than 13 years.

From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2022

Balazs Zoltan Biro, 37, works for a food delivery company in Budapest as a bicycle courier.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2022

Inside was a file card, written in green Biro.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023