faro
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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)
- A banking game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker, who draws from a dealing box.
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- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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[edit] Dutch
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faro
- a type of beer
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faro (plural faroj, accusative singular faron, accusative plural farojn)
- deed (an action or act)
[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
From Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (pharos).
[edit] Noun
faro m. (plural fari)
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faro
[edit] Portuguese
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[edit] Noun
faro m. (plural faros)
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
From Latin pharus, from Ancient Greek φάρος (pharos).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfaɾo/
[edit] Noun
faro m. (plural faros)
- lighthouse
- headlight (of a vehicle)
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- English terms derived from French
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- Dutch nouns
- Esperanto words suffixed with -o
- Esperanto nouns
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- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian nouns
- Old High German adjectives
- Portuguese nouns
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
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