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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba?o?/
• Rhymes: -a???

Noun

bio (plural bios)

1. Clipping of biography.

2. biographical sketch
3. (informal) Clipping of biology.

4. (South Africa, informal) bioscope; cinema
   • 1995, HerStoriA: South African women's journal (volumes 1-3, page 31)

     Sometimes Estelle had to help her mother on Saturdays and Irwin went to classes for ultra-brainy children, but Alan and I always went to the bio.

Adjective

bio (not comparable)

1. (informal) biological.

Anagrams

• BOI, Boi, IBO, IOB, Ibo, boi, obi

Chinese

Etymology

From the clipping of English biology.

Pronunciation

Noun

bio

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) biology

Synonyms

• ??????? (sh?ngwùxué)

Danish

Noun

bio

1. (slang) cinema
2. (slang) biology

Dutch

Etymology

From biologie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi.o?/
• Hyphenation: bio

Noun

bio f (uncountable)

1. (informal) biology (as a school subject)

   Synonym: biologie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjo/
• Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

Clipping of biologique

Adjective

bio (invariable)

1. (colloquial) biological
2. (ecology) organic

Noun

bio m (uncountable)

1. (informal) the organic movement
2. (informal) organic food

Etymology 2

Clipping of biologie

Noun

bio f (plural bios)

1. (colloquial) biology

Etymology 4

Clipping of biographie

Noun

bio f (plural bios)

1. (colloquial, abbreviation) biography

Further reading

• “bio” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Ibo

Guerrero Amuzgo

Noun

bio

1. time

Italian

Adjective

bio (invariable)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of biologico; organic, biological

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish béo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bl?o?], [b?o?]

Adjective

bio

1. alive
2. live

Noun

bio m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. living person

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîo/
• Hyphenation: bi?o

Adjective

b?o (definite bij?l?, comparative bjèlj?, Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. Alternative form of bij?l.

Participle

bio (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. masculine singular active past participle of biti

Spanish

Adjective

bio (invariable)

1. bio (biological)

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of biograf (“movie theater”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bio c

1. cinema
2. the movies

Usage notes

For the plural, the suppletive form biografer is usually used, similar to many other Swedish words ending on /?/, compare radio.

Declension

Derived terms

• biosalong

English

Etymology 1

Back-formation from bionic.

Noun

bion (plural bions)

1. (science fiction) A cyborg or robot.

Antonyms

• morphon

Related terms

• bionic

Etymology 2

Noun

bion (plural bions)

1. The smallest microscopic unit of orgone.

Anagrams

• bino, boni

Japanese

Romanization

bion

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Swedish

Noun

bion

1. definite singular of bio

Anagrams

• niob