phare

From French phare. Doublet of Pharos and Hvar.

phare (plural phares)

1. beacon
2. lighthouse

• Harpe, Phrae, harpe, hepar, raphe

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

• IPA^(key): /faʁ/

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

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.

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.

• → Bulgarian: фар (far)
• → English: phare
• → Khmer: ហ្វារ (faa)
• → Luxembourgish: Phar
• → Macedonian: фар (far)
• → Moore: faare
• → Romanian: far
• → Russian: фара (fara)
  • → Crimean Tatar: fara
• → Turkish: far
• → Vietnamese: pha

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

• harpe

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰa.rɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.re]

phare

1. vocative singular of pharus

phare

1. alternative form of fare