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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Presumably an alteration of pharaon, itself a transcription of French pharaon, perhaps as a name for the King of Hearts.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɛəɹəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛəɹəʊ
- Homophone: pharaoh
Noun
[edit]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.
Translations
[edit]banking card game
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]faro n (uncountable)
- a type of beer
Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fari (“to do”) + -o (nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]faro (accusative singular faron, plural faroj, accusative plural farojn)
- deed (an action or act)
Galician
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese faro, from Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]faro m (plural faros)
- lighthouse
- headlight (of a vehicle)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- 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: ILG
- 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]faro (plural fari)
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]faro m (plural fari)
Anagrams
[edit]Old High German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.
Adjective
[edit]faro
Old Saxon
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.
Adjective
[edit]faro
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Obscure.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɾu
- Hyphenation: fa‧ro
Noun
[edit]faro m (plural faros)
- sense of smell, especially that of an animal
- Synonym: olfato
- (figurative) the ability to recognise opportunities
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pharus, from Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]faro m (plural faros)
- lighthouse
- beacon
- headlight, headlamp (of a vehicle)
- light (bicycle accessory)
Hyponyms
[edit]- faro antiniebla
- faro delantero (“headlight, headlamp”)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “faro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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