faraó

See also: farao, fáraó, and farão

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fə.ɾəˈo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [fa.ɾaˈo]
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

faraó m (plural faraons, feminine faraona)

1. pharaoh

Noun

faraó m (plural faraons)

1. (card games) faro

Derived terms

• faraònic

Further reading

• “faraó” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• faró

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːra.ouː/

Noun

faraó m (genitive singular faraós, nominative plural faraóar)

1. pharaoh

Declension

declension of faraó

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	faraó	faraóinn	faraóar	faraóarnir
accusative	faraó	faraóinn	faraóa	faraóana
dative	faraó	faraónum	faraóum	faraóunum
genitive	faraós	faraósins	faraóa	faraóanna

Portuguese

faraó

Alternative forms

• pharaó (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian

(pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace, pharaoh”), from pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“big”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾaˈɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.ɾɐˈɔ/

• Hyphenation: fa‧ra‧ó
• Rhymes: -ɔ

Noun

faraó m or f by sense (plural faraós, feminine (rare, proscribed) faraoa or faraona, feminine plural (rare, proscribed) faraoas or faraonas)

1. (Egyptology, historical) pharaoh (supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt)

Hypernyms

• soberano

Coordinate terms

• imperador, monarca, rei

Related terms

• faraónico

Noun

faraó m (usually uncountable, plural faraós)

1. (card games) pharaoh; faro