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faro

/ˈfɛəɹəʊ/

faro noun: 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.

Noun

faro (uncountable)

  1. 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

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Faro

Faro

  1. A city in Portugal.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Faro

Faro

  1. A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
  2. A department of the North Region, Cameroon.
  3. A town in central Yukon, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community in Twelvemile Township, Madison County, Missouri, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.

Synonyms of faro

Origin of faro

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

From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

Words that rhyme with faro

Questions about faro

What does faro mean?
Faro means 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.
What part of speech is faro?
Faro can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce faro?
Faro is pronounced /ˈfɛəɹəʊ/ (UK).

Words near faro in the dictionary

  1. Farnsworth
  2. Farnum
  3. Farnums
  4. Farnworth
  5. Farnworths
  6. faro
  7. farobank
  8. Faroe
  9. Faroe Island
  10. Faroe Islander
  11. Faroe Islanders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: faro (page history and authors); Faro (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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