faro

See also: Faro, fáro, farò, and Fårö

English

Etymology

Presumably an alteration of pharaoh, 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

Translations

banking card game

• Catalan: faraó (ca) m
• Esperanto: faraono
• French: pharaon (fr) m
• German: Pharo n
• Hungarian: fáraó (hu)
• Ido: faraono (io)
• Italian: faraone (it) m
• Portuguese: faraó (pt) m
• Russian: фарао́н (ru) m (faraón)

See also

• buck the tiger

References

• “faro” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Afro, Afro-, RAFO, afro, fora

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

faro n (uncountable)

1. 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)

1. deed (an action or act)

Galician

Faro, Cape Vilán

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

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)

Derived terms

• Faro

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

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaro/

Noun

faro (plural fari)

1. 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)

1. lighthouse
2. headlight, headlamp

Anagrams

• afro, afro-, fora

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.

Adjective

faro

1. colored

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• faru

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.

Adjective

faro

1. colored

Declension

Declension of faro

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Obscure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɾu/

• 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

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)

1. lighthouse
2. beacon
3. headlight, headlamp (of a vehicle)
4. 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10