fanal

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪnəl/

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.

• “fanal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• NAFAL

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al

fanal m (plural fanals)

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

• “fanal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fanal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “fanal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fanal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• phanal (archaic)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

• 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

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

• flâna

Borrowed from French fanal.

fanal n (plural fanale)

1. lantern

Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

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

fanal m (plural fanales)

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

• “fanal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024