faro

See also: Faro, farò, and Fårö

English

Etymology

Presumably an alteration of pharaon, itself a transcription of French pharaon, perhaps as a name for the King of Hearts.

Pronunciation

Noun

faro (uncountable)

  1. (card games) A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.

Translations

References
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Noun

faro n (uncountable)

  1. a type of beer

Esperanto

Etymology

From fari (“to do”) +‎ -o (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈfaro/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧ro
  • Rhymes: -aro

Noun

faro (accusative singular faron, plural faroj, accusative plural farojn)

  1. deed (an action or act)

Galician
Faro, Cape Touriñán
Torre de Hércules, a Roman lighthouse known during the Middle Ages as Faro Bregancio

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese faro, from Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɾo̝/

Noun

faro m (plural faros)

  1. lighthouse
  2. headlight (of a vehicle)

Derived terms

References
  • “faro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “faro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “faro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “faro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “faro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Noun

faro (plural fari)

  1. lighthouse

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aro

Noun

faro m (plural fari)

  1. lighthouse
  2. headlight, headlamp

Anagrams

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.

Adjective

faro

  1. colored

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.

Adjective

faro

  1. colored

Declension
Declension of faro
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative faro farwe faro farwu faro farwe
accusative farwana farwe faro farwu farwa farwe
genitive farwes farwarō farwes farwarō farwaro farwarō
dative farwumu farwum farwumu farwum farwaro farwum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative farwo farwu farwa farwu farwa farwu
accusative farwun farwun farwa farwun farwun farwun
genitive farwun farwonō farwun farwonō farwun farwonō
dative farwun farwum farwun farwum farwun farwum


Portuguese

Etymology

Obscure.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɾu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɾo/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧ro

Noun

faro m (plural faros)

  1. sense of smell, especially that of an animal
  2. (figuratively) the ability to recognise opportunities

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pharus, from Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɾo/

Noun

faro m (plural faros)

  1. lighthouse
  2. headlight (of a vehicle)

Derived terms
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