See also: Fanal and fánál

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Borrowed from French fanal, from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

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fanal (plural fanals)

  1. (obsolete) A lighthouse
  2. (obsolete) The beacon inside a lighthouse
    Synonym: lantern
    • 1764 January 20, Tobias Smollett, “Letter, XIV”, in Travels Through France and Italy[1], published 1766:
      On the right hand, as you enter the port, there is an elegant fanal, or lighthouse, kept in good repair: but in all the charts of this coast which I have seen, this lanthorn is laid down to the westward of the harbour; []
    • 1811, Wilhelm Müller, The elements of the science of war, page 487:
      In order to assemble our full force in due time, fanals should be erected [] and kindled in such a manner as to direct the movements of the troops to any point according to an order.

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Catalan

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Inherited from Old Catalan fanar, from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

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fanal m (plural fanals)

  1. lantern, streetlight
  2. (usually in the plural) balloon plant

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French

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

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  • IPA(key): /fa.nal/
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fanal m (plural fanaux)

  1. lantern
    Synonym: lanterne
  2. (nautical) beacon, lamp (of a lighthouse); (by extension) lighthouse
    Synonym: phare
  3. (rail transport) headlight

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  • English: fanal
  • German: Fanal
  • Romanian: fanal

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fanal.

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fanal n (plural fanale)

  1. lantern

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative fanal fanalul fanale fanalele
genitive-dative fanal fanalului fanale fanalelor
vocative fanalule fanalelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

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  • IPA(key): /faˈnal/ [faˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: fa‧nal

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fanal m (plural fanales)

  1. (nautical) beacon
  2. bell glass
  3. headlight

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