German

Alternative forms

• Pharaoh

Noun

Pharao m ‎(genitive Pharaos, plural Pharaonen)

1. pharaoh

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φαραώ ‎(Pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה ‎(par‘ōh), from Egyptian 𓉐𓉻 ‎(pr-ˁ3, “palace”, “pharaoh”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.ra.oː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ra.o/, [ˈfaː.ra.o]

Proper noun

Pharaō m ‎(genitive Pharaōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Pharaoh

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

References

• Pharao in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Pharao”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

pharao ‎(plural pharaos)

1. Alternative form of pharaoh