bilro
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin pilūlus, diminutive of pila (“ball”), from earlier birlo.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: bil‧ro
Noun[edit]
bilro m (plural bilros)
- bobbin (in a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread)
- bobbin lace (a hand-made lace in which the thread is wound around bobbins on a padded cushion)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa, 1995
Further reading[edit]
- bilro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt