faro

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/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛəɹəʊ
• Homophone: pharaoh

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.

   Synonyms: farobank, pharaoh

References

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

Anagrams

• Afro, Afro-, RAFO, afro, fora

Pronunciation

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• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

faro n (uncountable)

1. a type of beer

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)

1. deed (an action or act)

Etymology

From Old Galician-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)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “faro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “faro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “faro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “faro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “faro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaro/

Noun

faro (plural fari)

1. lighthouse

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)

1. lighthouse
2. headlight, headlamp

Anagrams

• afro, afro-, fora

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.

Adjective

faro

1. colored

Alternative forms

• faru

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.

Adjective

faro

1. colored

Etymology

Obscure.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɾu
• Hyphenation: fa‧ro

Noun

faro m (plural faros)

1. sense of smell, especially that of an animal

   Synonym: olfato

2. (figurative) the ability to recognise opportunities

   Synonyms: intuição, visão

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)

1. lighthouse
2. beacon
3. headlight, headlamp (of a vehicle)
4. light (bicycle accessory)

Further reading

• “faro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10