beacon

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
2. A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.
3. A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
4. (figuratively) That which gives notice of danger, hope, etc., or keeps people on the correct path; a source of inspiration.
5. An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
6. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of web beacon.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To act as a beacon.
2. (transitive) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
3. (transitive) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

Concetti

faro

boa

gavitello

lanterna

🏮

radiofaro

fuoco di segnalazione

radioindicatore

punto cospicuo

fanale

sinonimi

lighthouse

pharos

signal fire

radio beacon

lead

buoy

light

beacon fire

beacon light

warning light

cresset

skyrocket

guide

seamark

conduct

flare

idiot light

illume

illuminate

illumine

indicator

indicator lamp

irradiate

lantern

🏮

light up

marker

marker beacon

marshal

move

peg

pilot lamp

pilot light

prologize

sign

signal

signal light

symbol

target

torch

BCN

localizer

fuzee

bale-fire

directing sign

sighting target

signal bridge

navigation mark

shore beacon

rotating light

sighting board

Traduzioni

phare

φάρος

baken

Bake

Leuchtfeuer

balise

almenara

fener

🏮

farol

faro

baliza

Funkfeuer

φανάρι

منارة

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈbiːkən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: beken

Ereditato da inglese antico: bēacn

Affine frisone occidentale: beaken

Affine olandese: baken

Affine Middle Low German: bāke

Affine tedesco: Bake

Affine tedesco medio alto: bouchen

In summary

From Middle English beken, from Old English bēacn (“sign, signal”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).
Doublet of buoy. Compare West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle Low German bāke (“beacon, sign”), German Bake (“traffic sign”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”).