faraó
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faraó
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin Pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ).
Pronunciation
Noun
faraó m (plural faraons, feminine faraona)
Noun
faraó m (plural faraons)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “faraó” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Noun
faraó m (plural faraós, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of faraón
References
- “faraó” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Icelandic
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
faraó m (genitive singular faraós, nominative plural faraóar)
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
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian
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(pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace, pharaoh”), from pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“big”).
Pronunciation
- 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)
- (Egyptology, historical) pharaoh (supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt)
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
Related terms
Noun
faraó m (usually uncountable, plural faraós)
Further reading
- “faraó” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “faraó”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “faraó”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024