bio

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bio (plural bios)

1. Abbreviation of biography
2. biographical sketch
3. (informal) Abbreviation of biology

   I've got a bio exam in the morning.

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.

   a bio detergent

Anagrams

• BOI, Boi, IBO, IOB, Ibo, boi, obi

Noun

bio

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

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjo/
• Rhymes: -o

Adjective

bio (invariable)

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

Noun

bio f (plural bios)

1. (colloquial) biography
2. (colloquial) biology

bio m (plural bios)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Ibo

Noun

bio

1. time

Adjective

bio (invariable)

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

Etymology

From Old Irish béo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blʲoː], [bʲoː]

Adjective

bio

1. alive
2. live

Noun

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

1. living person

Mutation

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. Alternative form of bijȇl.

Adjective

bio (invariable)

1. bio (biological)

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

bio c

1. Short of biograf (that form is used for plurals)