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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɛəɹəʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹəʊ
- Homophone: pharaoh
Noun
faro (uncountable)
- (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.
- Synonyms: farobank, pharaoh
Translations
banking card game
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See also
- buck the tiger
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- Afro, Afro-, RAFO, afro, fora
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
faro n (uncountable)
- a type of beer
Esperanto
Etymology
From fari (“to do”) + -o (nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfaro]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -aro
- Hyphenation: far‧o
Noun
faro (accusative singular faron, plural faroj, accusative plural farojn)
- deed (an action or act)
Galician
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)
- lighthouse
- headlight (of a vehicle)
Derived terms
- Faro
References
- “faro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “faro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaro/
Noun
faro (plural fari)
- lighthouse
Italian
Etymology
From Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfa.ro/
- Rhymes: -aro
- Hyphenation: fà‧ro
Noun
faro m (plural fari)
- lighthouse
- headlight, headlamp
Anagrams
- afro, afro-, fora
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.
Adjective
faro
- colored
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.
Adjective
faro
- colored
Declension
Declension of faro
Strong declension | ||||||
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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/
- Rhymes: -aɾu
- Hyphenation: fa‧ro
Noun
faro m (plural faros)
- sense of smell, especially that of an animal
- Synonym: olfato
- (figurative) the ability to recognise opportunities
- Synonyms: intuição, visão
Related terms
- farejado
- farejador
- farejamento
- farejante
- farejar
- farejo
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin pharus, from Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaɾo/ [ˈfa.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾo
- Syllabification: fa‧ro
Noun
faro m (plural faros)
- lighthouse
- beacon
- headlight, headlamp (of a vehicle)
- light (bicycle accessory)
Hyponyms
- faro antiniebla
- faro delantero (“headlight, headlamp”)
Derived terms
- farero
- faro antiniebla
- farol
Further reading
- “faro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014