biblo

Ido

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Bible, French Bible, German Bibel, Italian Bibbia, Russian би́блия (bíblija), Spanish Biblia. Decision no. 1241, Progreso VII. The form without -i- was chosen to differentiate the word from other Greek derived words like biblioteko where biblio doesn’t relate to the Bible.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiblo/

Noun

biblo (plural bibli)

  1. Bible

Derived terms
  • biblala (“Biblical”)

References
  • Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 229
  • Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 69
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