pharaoh

See also: Pharaoh

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English pharao (also as pharaon, farao, faraon, etc.), from Old English Pharao, from Late Latin Pharaō, from Koine Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (Parʿō), from Egyptian

(pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace; pharaoh”, literally “pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“great, big”)”)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: fāʹrō, fârʹō, fărʹō
  • (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ/, /ˈfɛə.ɹəʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfæɹ.oʊ/, /ˈfɛ(ə)ɹ.oʊ/
  • Rhymes: (UK, General Australian) -ɛːɹəʊ, (UK, US, General Australian) -ɛəɹəʊ, (US) -æɹəʊ
  • Homophones: faro, Faroe, farrow
  • Homophone: Ferro (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)
  • Hyphenation: pha‧raoh

Noun

pharaoh (countable and uncountable, plural pharaohs)

  2. (historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
    Hypernym: ruler
    Hyponym: pharaohess
    Instances: see Thesaurus:pharaoh
  3. (uncountable, card games) The card game faro.
    • 1945, Robert Hardy Andrews, Burning gold:
      "I pray, when I play pharaoh at White's, that the cards fall as they have come to my hand in this large gamble," Anstis said.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bengali: ফারাও (pharaō)
  • → Hindi: फ़ैरो (fairo)
  • → Japanese: ファラオ (farao)
  • → Korean: 파라오 (parao)
  • → Thai: ฟาโรห์ (faa-roo)

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