faro

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box

Etymology

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

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