Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en bio

cinema, (movies (US))

Meaning

cinema, (movies (US))

In Swedish: plats där man ser på film, biograf

Forms

Forms of bio
Singular, indefinite	en bio
Singular, definite	bion

bio is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor bio, den stora bion. Check another noun

Practise bio

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Is it en bio or ett bio?

bio in a sentence

Jag ska på bio ikväll, vill du hänga med?
I'm going to the cinema tonight, you wanna join?

Words built with bio

biobesök visit to the cinema

Questions

What does bio mean in English?

bio means “cinema, (movies (US))”.

Is it en bio or ett bio?

It is en bio, and “the cinema” is bion.

Similar words

biograf

Origin

Clipping of biograf (“movie theater”).

Nearby common words

bio is number 2,420 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,416mors hallo
2,417metod method
2,418skam dishonour, ignominy
2,419halsa drink from the bottle
2,421kring around
2,422höjd altitude, height
2,423parkera park
2,424flygplan airplane, aeroplane (a winged aircraft)

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary