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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪəʊ/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪəʊ

Noun

bio (plural bios)

  1. Clipping of biography.
    To find more about her, check out her bio on Instagram.
    • 2022 November 8, Allison Theresa, “Sadie Robertson Huff Preaches Submissive Womanhood. Her Message Is Uncomfortably Compelling.”, in Cosmopolitan:
      She doesn’t position herself as a biblical scholar or a prophet. She’s a humble “wifey & mommy,” according to her Instagram bio—even if her 2019 wedding did garner almost 2.5 million views on YouTube.
  2. biographical sketch
  3. (informal) Clipping of biology.
    I've got a bio exam in the morning.
    • 2015 June 9, Lilah Raptopoulos, quoting Reed Shapiro, “Young people speak out about their fears and hopes on climate change”, in The Guardian:
      It boils down to science. Biology, chemistry and physics. I used to hate bio and chem. Now they fascinate me because I’ve realised they make up the world around us as well as us.
  4. (South Africa, informal) Clipping of 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.

Translations

Adjective

bio (not comparable)

  1. (informal) biological.
    a bio detergent
    we only purchase vegetables at the bio food shop
    my bio family

Derived terms

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From the clipping of English biology.

Pronunciation


Noun

bio

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) biology

Synonyms

See also

Danish

Noun

bio

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

Dutch

Etymology

From biologie.

Pronunciation

Noun

bio f (uncountable)

  1. (informal) biology (as a school subject)
    Synonym: biologie

French

Pronunciation

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 3

Clipping of biographie.

Noun

bio f (plural bios)

  1. (colloquial, abbreviation) biography

Further reading

Anagrams

Guerrero Amuzgo

Noun

bio

  1. time

Italian

Adjective

bio (invariable)

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

Anagrams

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish béo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bio

  1. alive
  2. live

Noun

bio m (genitive singular , plural )

  1. living person

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bio vio mio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bîo/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧o

Adjective

bȉo (definite bijȇlī, comparative bjèljī, Cyrillic spelling би̏о)

  1. Alternative form of bijȇl.

Participle

bio (Cyrillic spelling био)

  1. masculine singular active past participle of biti

Spanish

Adjective

bio (invariable)

  1. Clipping of biológico (organic (grown without agrochemicals)).

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of biograf (movie theater).

Pronunciation

Noun

bio c

  1. cinema, movie theater, the movies
    Jag ska på bio ikväll, vill du hänga med?
    I'm going to the cinema tonight, you wanna join?

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of bio 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bio bion
Genitive bios bions

Derived terms

West Makian

Etymology

Said by Collins to be from Austronesian.

Pronunciation

Noun

bio

  1. taro

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics