byro

Czech

Alternative forms

• byró

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Hellenic *-rós

Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós)

Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor.

Latin burrus

Latin burra

Old French *bure

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old French -el

Old French burel

French bureaubor.

Czech byro

Borrowed from French bureau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪro]

Noun

byro n

1. (rare) office (room)

   Synonyms: kancelář, úřadovna

2. (rare) bureau, desk

   Synonym: psací stůl

Declension

Declension of byro (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	byro	byra
genitive	byra	byr
dative	byru	byrům
accusative	byro	byra
vocative	byro	byra
locative	byru	byrech
instrumental	byrem	byry

Related terms

• byrokracie
• politbyro

Further reading

• “byro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “byro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “byro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026