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faro

See also: Faro, farò, and Fårö

English

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Etymology

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

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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

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References

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

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Dutch

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faro n (uncountable)

  1. a type of beer

Esperanto

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Etymology

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

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

  1. deed (an action or act)

Galician

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

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

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faro m (plural faros)

  1. lighthouse
  2. headlight (of a vehicle)

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References

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  • Ernesto 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: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “faro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “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.

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faro (plural fari)

  1. lighthouse

Italian

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfa.ro/
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: fà‧ro

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faro m (plural fari)

  1. lighthouse
  2. headlight, headlamp

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.

Adjective

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faro

  1. colored

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.

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faro

  1. colored

Declension

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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

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Etymology

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Obscure.

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  • Rhymes: -aɾu
  • Hyphenation: fa‧ro

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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
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Spanish

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Etymology

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

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faro m (plural faros)

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

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