English

Noun

pharaon ‎(plural pharaons)

1. Archaic form of pharaoh.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ʁa.ɔ̃/

Noun

pharaon m ‎(plural pharaons)

1. pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin pharaō, from Ancient Greek φαραώ ‎(pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה ‎(par‘ōh), from Egyptian 𓉐𓉻 ‎(pr-ˁ3, “great house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ɾaˈon/

Noun

pharaon m (plural pharaones)

1. pharaoh
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 12r. a.

     Fablat agora delant pharaon & dezidle que myo padre me coyuro. […] dixo pharaon ſub & ſotierra to padre.

     Speak now before Pharaoh and tell him that my father asked [something] of me. […] Pharaoh said: "go forth and bury your father".

   • Idem, f. 11r. b.

     E ſubieron cõ el todos ſos vaſallos de pharaon. los mayores de su caſa de pharaon & todos los mayores de egypto.

     And all of Pharaoh's vassals went forth with him; the elders of the house of Pharaoh and all the elders of Egypt.

Descendants

• Spanish: faraón