phare

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French phare.

Noun

phare (plural phares)

1. beacon
2. lighthouse

Anagrams

• Harpe, Phrae, harpe, hepar, raphe

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pharus, itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faʁ/

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• Rhymes: -aʁ
• Homophones: far, phares
• Hyphenation: phare

Adjective

phare (plural phares)

1. leading, signature, key, flagship

   “La vie en rose” est une des chansons phares d’Édith Piaf.

   “La vie en rose” is one of Edith Piaf's signature songs.

Noun

phare m (plural phares)

1. lighthouse
2. lantern in a lighthouse
3. headlight (of a vehicle)
4. headlamp (of a vehicle)
5. (figuratively) beacon, luminary
6. (nautical) the set of sails on the mast

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: фар (far)
• → English: phare
• → Luxembourgish: Phar
• → Macedonian: фар (far)
• → Romanian: far
• → Russian: фара (fara)
• → Vietnamese: pha

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• harpe