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Webster 1913 Edition

Faro

Far′o

,
Noun.
[Said to be so called because the Egyptian king
Pharaoh
was formerly represented upon one of the cards.]
A gambling game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack.
Faro bank
,
the capital which the proprietor of a faro table ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played.
Hoyle.

Definition 2024

Faro

Faro

See also: faro, farò, and Fårö

English

Proper noun

Faro

  1. a city in Portugal
Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Faro

  1. A town in Yukon Territory, Canada

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Portuguese Faro, from Old Portuguese Faaron.

Proper noun

Faro

  1. Faro

Portuguese

Faro

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Faaron, from Arabic هَارُون ‎(hārūn), from Hebrew אהרן ‎(Ahărōn). The city was named after a local Moorish qadi.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Faro m

  1. Faro (a district in southern Portugal)
  2. Faro (a city and municipality in Faro, Portugal)

Related terms

faro

faro

See also: Faro, farò, and Fårö

English

Noun

faro ‎(uncountable)

  1. A banking game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker, who draws from a dealing box.

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

faro n ‎(uncountable)

  1. a type of beer

Esperanto

Etymology

fari +‎ -o (verbal suffix)

Noun

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

  1. deed (an action or act)

Ido

Noun

faro (plural fari)

  1. lighthouse

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος ‎(Pháros).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aro

Noun

faro m ‎(plural fari)

  1. lighthouse
  2. headlight, headlamp

Anagrams

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.

Adjective

faro

  1. colored

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farwaz.

Adjective

faro

  1. colored

Declension


Portuguese

Etymology

Obscure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɾu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɾo/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧ro

Noun

faro m (plural faros)

  1. sense of smell, especially that of an animal
  2. (figuratively) the ability to recognise opportunities

Synonyms

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɾo/

Noun

faro m ‎(plural faros)

  1. lighthouse
  2. headlight (of a vehicle)

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology

From Portuguese Faro, from Old Portuguese Faaron.

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