biroとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Genericized trademark of BIRO, named after László Bíró, the inventor of the pen.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.ɹəʊ/
• 韻: -aɪɹəʊ

名詞

biro (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 biros)

1. A Biro brand ballpoint pen.
   • 1945 November and December, Railway Magazine, page v, advertisement:

     Biro MARKS A TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF Writing
     "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. […]
     Retail price 55/- including purchase tax

   • 1993, Iain Banks, Complicity, published 2008, unnumbered page:

     Frank's Biro taps delicately at the topmost of the little yellow notes.

2. (by extension, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) Any ballpoint pen.
   • 2007, Karen Foxlee, The Anatomy of Wings, page 250:

     Massimo's finger was poised above red on his multi-coloured biro like a kangaroo frozen in headlights.

3. (uncountable, by extension) Ink from a ballpoint pen.
   • 2011, Shannon Lush, Jennifer Fleming, Completely Spotless, unnumbered page:

     ‘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?′

Further reading

• biro on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• brio, ribo-