Beacon

Synonyms for "beacon" (249 found)

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Translations

94 translations across 28 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • πυρσός noun (signal fire)
  • φρυκτός noun (signal fire)

Arabic

2 entries
  • فَنَار noun (signal fire)
  • مَنَار noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • tingraw noun (signal fire)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • предупреждение noun (that which warns)
  • сигнален огън noun (signal fire)

Catalan

4 entries
  • alimara noun (signal fire)
  • alimària noun (signal fire)
  • balisa noun (signal fire)
  • balisa noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)

Chinese

3 entries
  • 烽火 noun (signal fire)
  • 燈塔 /灯塔 noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • 狼烟 noun (signal fire)

Dutch

4 entries
  • baken noun (signal fire)
  • baken noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • baken noun (high hill or similar)
  • bakenvuur noun (signal fire)

Finnish

4 entries
  • loisto noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • maamerkki noun (high hill or similar)
  • merimerkki noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • merkkituli noun (signal fire)

French

3 entries
  • amer noun (high hill or similar)
  • balise noun (signal fire)
  • phare noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)

Galician

4 entries
  • balisma noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • brandariz noun (signal fire)
  • cruto noun (high hill or similar)
  • curuto noun (high hill or similar)

German

4 entries
  • Bake noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • Bake noun (high hill or similar)
  • Fanal noun (that which warns)
  • Leuchtfeuer noun (signal fire)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַשּׂוּאָה noun (signal fire)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • inspiráció noun (that which warns)
  • irányfény noun (signal fire)
  • irányjeladó noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • jelfény noun (signal fire)

Italian

3 entries
  • faro noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • punto cospicuo noun (high hill or similar)
  • radiofaro noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)

Japanese

1 entries
  • かがり火 noun (signal fire)

Korean

1 entries
  • 등댓불 noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • предупреду́вање noun (that which warns)
  • си́гнален о́ган noun (signal fire)

Māori

1 entries
  • ramaroa noun (signal fire)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • landemerke noun (high hill or similar)
  • røys noun (high hill or similar)
  • varde noun (signal fire)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • فنار noun (signal fire)
  • فنار noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)

Polish

2 entries
  • bakan noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • baken noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • almenara noun (signal fire)
  • fanal noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • farol noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)

Russian

4 entries
  • ба́кен noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • мая́к noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • предупрежде́ние noun (that which warns)
  • сигна́льный ого́нь noun (signal fire)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • signalna vȁtra noun (signal fire)
  • upozorénje noun (that which warns)
  • сигнална ва̏тра noun (signal fire)
  • упозоре́ње noun (that which warns)

Spanish

4 entries
  • almenara noun (signal fire)
  • almenara noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • baliza noun (signal fire)
  • cúspide noun (high hill or similar)

Swedish

4 entries
  • båk noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • böte noun (signal fire)
  • landmärke noun (high hill or similar)
  • röse noun (high hill or similar)

Turkish

1 entries
  • fener noun (signal fire)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ба́кен noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • мая́к noun (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners)
  • пересторо́га noun (that which warns)
  • сигна́льний вого́нь noun (signal fire)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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To all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.

Source: tatoeba (330536)

To those who seek peace and security. We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright, tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.

Source: tatoeba (347785)

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.

Source: tatoeba (376839)

It brings a beacon of hope.

Source: tatoeba (1326395)

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