biuro

See also: biúró

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French bureau.[1][2][3][4][5] First attested in 1638.[6] Compare Kashubian bióro and Silesian biyrŏbiōrŏ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbju.rɔ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -urɔ
  • Syllabification: biu‧ro

Noun

biuro n (related adjective biurowy)

  1. office, agency (building of work for an institution)
  2. office, agency (room in such a building)
  3. office, agency (people working in such a building or room)
  4. (obsolete) desk (furniture used for working)
    Synonym: biurko

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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), biuro is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 37 times in news, 31 times in essays, 3 times in fiction, and 10 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 81 times, making it the 788th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[7]

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “biuro”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “biuro”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “biuro”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  4. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “biuro”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “biuro”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  6. Wiesław Morawski (15.07.2008) “BIURO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  7. Ida Kurcz (1990) “biuro”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 26

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