bio
French, noun/bjo/
bio is spelled B-I-O (3 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bio is a French masculine noun meaning “the organic movement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agriculture biologique”.
What does bio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialbiological
- 2
organic
noun
- 1
informalmasculinethe organic movement
- 2
informalmasculineorganic food
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininebiology
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininebio
prefix
- 1
life
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui provient de l’agriculture biologique. 2. Qui vend de tels produits.
noun: 1. Agriculture biologique.
noun: 1. Produit de l’agriculture biologique.
noun: 1. Biographie.
noun: 1. Biologie.
prefix: 1. Préfixe exprimant l’idée de vie, qui sert entre autres à composer des termes scientifiques.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bio
- bios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bio?
- /bjo/
- \bjo\
- \bjɔ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bio in French?
bio appears 26 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).