fanal

See also: Fanal and fánál

English

Etymology

From French fanal, from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Noun

fanal (plural fanals)

1. (archaic) A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.
   • 1811, Wilhelm Müller, The elements of the science of war (page 487)

     In order to assemble our full force in due time, fanals should be erected […] and kindled in such a manner as to direct the movements of the troops to any point according to an order.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fanal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈnal]

Noun

fanal m (plural fanals)

1. lantern

Further reading

• “fanal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fanal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fanal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fanal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Alternative forms

• phanal (archaic)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.nal/

Noun

fanal m (plural fanaux)

1. lantern
2. beacon, lamp (of lighthouse)
3. headlight (of train)

Descendants

• → English: fanal

Further reading

• “fanal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• flâna

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Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈnal/ [faˈnal]

Noun

fanal m (plural fanales)

1. (nautical) beacon
2. bell glass
3. headlight

Further reading

• “fanal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014