phare

noun

ˈfa(a)|(ə)r,

ˈfe|,

|ə

plural -s

: pharos

afternoons I walk to the phare

—Archibald MacLeish

a lightship, or some phare

—William Beebe

Word History

Etymology

French, from Latin pharus, from Greek pharos

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