faraon

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See also: Faraon and faraón

Czech

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech faraon, farao, derived from Late Latin Pharaō, Pharaōnem, from Ancient Greek φαραώ (pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“great house”),

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: fa‧raon

Noun

faraon m anim (female equivalent faraonka)

  1. pharaoh (the supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt)

Declension

Declension of faraon (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative faraon faraoni, faraonové
genitive faraona faraonů
dative faraonovi, faraonu faraonům
accusative faraona faraony
vocative faraone faraoni, faraonové
locative faraonovi, faraonu faraonech
instrumental faraonem faraony

Further reading

  • “farao”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “farao”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “faraon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Noun

faraon

  1. genitive singular of farao

Anagrams

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Noun

faraon m (plural faraons)

  1. pharaoh

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈra.ɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɔn
  • Syllabification: fa‧ra‧on

Noun

faraon m pers

  1. (historical) pharaoh (supreme ruler in Ancient Egypt)

Declension

Declension of faraon
singular plural
nominative faraon faraonowie
genitive faraona faraonów
dative faraonowi faraonom
accusative faraona faraonów
instrumental faraonem faraonami
locative faraonie faraonach
vocative faraonie faraonowie

Further reading

  • faraon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • faraon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic фараѡнъ (faraonŭ). The card game sense is a semantic loan from French pharaon.

The ethnic slur has its origins in the traditionally widespread conception that the Roma trace their origin to Egypt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.raˈon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Hyphenation: fa‧ra‧on

Noun

faraon m (plural faraoni)

  1. pharaoh
  2. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Gypsy, Roma
  3. (regional, by extension) devil
  4. (obsolete, card games) Synonym of faro (“faro”)

Declension

Declension of faraon
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) faraon faraonul (niște) faraoni faraonii
genitive/dative (unui) faraon faraonului (unor) faraoni faraonilor
vocative faraonule faraonilor

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /farǎoːn/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧ra‧on

Noun

faràōn m (Cyrillic spelling фара̀о̄н)

  1. pharaoh (the supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt)

Declension

Declension of faraon
singular plural
nominative faràōn faraoni
genitive faraóna faraona
dative faraonu faraonima
accusative faraona faraone
vocative faraone faraoni
locative faraonu faraonima
instrumental faraonom faraonima

Swedish

Noun

faraon

  1. definite singular of farao
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