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All 4 letters words made out of faro

faro afro frao rfao arfo rafo faor afor foar ofar aofr oafr froa rfoa fora ofra rofa orfa arof raof aorf oarf roaf oraf

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Definitions and meaning of faro

faro

Etymology

Presumably an alteration of pharaon, itself a transcription of French pharaon, perhaps as a name for the King of Hearts.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛəɹəʊ/
• 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

See also

• buck the tiger

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Afro, Afro-, RAFO, afro, fora

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

faro n (uncountable)

1. a type of beer

Esperanto

Etymology

From fari (“to do”) +‎ -o (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfaro]
• Audio:
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: far‧o

Noun

faro (accusative singular faron, plural faroj, accusative plural farojn)

1. deed (an action or act)

Galician

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

• “faro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “faro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “faro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “faro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “faro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Obscure.

Pronunciation

• 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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pharus, from Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɾo/ [ˈfa.ɾo]
• 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

Further reading

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