faraó

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See also: farao, fáraó, and farão

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

faraó m (plural faraons, feminine faraona)

  1. pharaoh

Noun

faraó m (plural faraons)

  1. (card games) faro

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Noun

faraó m (plural faraós, reintegrationist norm)

  1. 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)

  1. pharaoh

Declension

Portuguese

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faraó

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:

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

Coordinate terms

Noun

faraó m (usually uncountable, plural faraós)

  1. (card games) pharaoh; faro

Further reading