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Inherited from Spanish farol (“lantern”).

• Hyphenation: fa‧rol

farol

1. lantern

far +‎ -ol

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒrol]
• Hyphenation: fa‧rol
• Rhymes: -ol

farol

1. to back (to go in the reverse direction)
2. to skid (to slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard)

• farol in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• farol in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

• pharol (pre-standardization spelling)

Borrowed from Italian farolo, diminutive of faro, from Latin pharus (“lighthouse”), from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros), an island in Alexandria famous for its lighthouse. Compare Italian and Spanish faro, French phare.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔw, (Portugal) -ɔl
• Hyphenation: fa‧rol

farol m (plural faróis)

1. lighthouse (building containing a light to warn or guide ships)

   Synonym: (archaic) almenara

2. automobile light

   Synonym: luz

3. (Brazil) traffic light

   Synonyms: semáforo, (Brazil) sinaleiro

• → Tetum: faról
• → Nheengatu: farulu

• “farol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “farol”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “farol”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “farol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Catalan farol, variant form of faró, from far (“lighthouse”) and the diminutive suffix -ó (corresponding to Spanish -ón). Ultimately from Latin pharus, from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

• IPA^(key): /faˈɾol/ [faˈɾol]

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: fa‧rol

farol m (plural faroles)

1. lantern
2. headlight (bike or automobile light)
3. streetlamp
4. lighthouse
5. bluff (act of bluffing)

• → Cebuano: parol
• → Central Bikol: parol
• → Kapampangan: parul
• → Tausug: parul

• “farol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

• Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish
• Chavacano terms derived from Spanish
• Chavacano lemmas
• Chavacano nouns
• Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ol
• Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
• Rhymes:Hungarian/ol
• Rhymes:Hungarian/ol/2 syllables
• Hungarian lemmas
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• Portuguese terms borrowed from Italian
• Portuguese terms derived from Italian
• Portuguese terms derived from Latin
• Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
• Portuguese 2-syllable words
• Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
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• Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔw
• Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔw/2 syllables
• Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔl
• Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔl/2 syllables
• Portuguese lemmas
• Portuguese nouns
• Portuguese countable nouns
• Portuguese masculine nouns
• Brazilian Portuguese
• pt:Buildings
• pt:Light sources
• Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan
• Spanish terms derived from Catalan
• Spanish terms derived from Latin
• Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
• Spanish 2-syllable words
• Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
• Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
• Rhymes:Spanish/ol
• Rhymes:Spanish/ol/2 syllables
• Spanish lemmas
• Spanish nouns
• Spanish countable nouns
• Spanish masculine nouns
• es:Light sources

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