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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

amer de jour

Pronunciation / Transliteration: amɛʁ də ʒuʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Daymark/ˈdeɪ.mɑːrk/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'amer de jour guide les navires le long de la côte rocheuse."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A beacon, tower, or other structure placed on land to serve as an aid to navigation by daylight.

    "The sailors relied on the prominent stone daymark on the cliffside to navigate safely through the treacherous channel."
  2. 2

    An unlighted navigational buoy or marker used during daylight hours.

    "The red and green daymarks helped the fishermen stay within the dredged shipping lane."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'day' (from Old English 'dæg') and 'mark' (from Old English 'mearc', meaning boundary or sign). Originally coined in maritime contexts to describe beacons or structures visible only by daylight, distinguishing them from lighted nighttime navigational aids.

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