Hyphenation
bea·conTurkish pronunciation
bikınSynonyms
alarm,
alert,
balefire,
beam,
bonfire,
flare,
guidepost,
heliograph,
lamp,
lantern,
lighthouse,
lodestar,
pharos,
radar,
rocketPronunciation
/ˈbēkən/ /ˈbiːkən/
Etymology
[ 'bE-k&n ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English beken, from Old English bēacen 'sign, signal', from Proto-Germanic *bauknan (cf. West Frisian beaken 'buoy', Dutch baken 'beacon', Middle High German bouchen 'sign'), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). More at fantasy.