bilro

Portuguese
bilro

Etymology

Latin pilūlus, diminutive of pila (“ball”), from earlier birlo[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /biw.ɦu/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bil.ʁu/
  • Hyphenation: bil‧ro

Noun

bilro m (plural bilros)

  1. bobbin (in a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread)
  2. bobbin lace (a hand-made lace in which the thread is wound around bobbins on a padded cushion)

Synonyms

References
  1. José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa, 1995

Further reading
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