pharaoh
Syllables: pha·raoh/ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ/US/ˈfɛɹ(ˌ)oʊ/
pharaoh noun: the supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty.
Noun (1)
pharaoh (countable and uncountable, plural pharaohs)
- The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
- Instances: see Thesaurus:pharaoh
- And the Egyptians ſhall know that I am the Lord, when I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vpon his charets, and vpon his horſemen.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 14:18, column 1
- The card game faro.
- "I pray, when I play pharaoh at White's, that the cards fall as they have come to my hand in this large gamble," Anstis said.1945, Robert Hardy Andrews, Burning gold
Proper noun capitalized: Pharaoh
Pharaoh
- Any specific pharaoh.
- And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 14:18
Noun (2) capitalized: Pharaoh
Pharaoh (plural Pharaohs)
- Alternative letter-case form of pharaoh.
pharaoh meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pharaoh in Hindi
- supreme ruler of ancient Egypt
- फ़िरौन firaun
pharaoh in Tamil
- பார்வோன், ஃபாரோன்
pharaoh in Marathi
- supreme ruler of ancient Egypt
- फेरो phero
pharaoh in Urdu
- supreme ruler of ancient Egypt
- فرعون fir'aun
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- pharaoh in Bengali
- ফারাও pharaō, ফেরাউন pheraun
- pharaoh in Telugu
- ఫరో pharō
- pharaoh in Malayalam
- ഫറവോ, ഫറവോൻ
- pharaoh in Kannada
- ಫೇರೊ, ಫರೋಹ್, ಫೇರೋ
- pharaoh in Punjabi
- ਫਰਾਓਹੋ pharāoho
- pharaoh in Odia
- ଫାରୋ phāro, ଫେରୋହ pheroha
- pharaoh in Nepali
- फिरऊन, फ़िरौन
- pharaoh in Pashto
- فرعون fer'áwn
- pharaoh in Tagalog
- paraon
- pharaoh in Arabic
- فِرْعَوْن firʕawn
- pharaoh in Malay
- firaun
- pharaoh in Indonesian
- firaun
- pharaoh in Persian
- فرعون fer'own
- pharaoh in Thai
- ฟาโรห์ faa-roo
- pharaoh in Vietnamese
- pha-ra-ông
- pharaoh in Myanmar
- ဖါရော hparau:
Forms of pharaoh
| plural | pharaohs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Pharaoh |
| alternative form | pharao |
| alternative form | pharaon |
| plural | Pharaohs |
Origin of pharaoh
From Middle English pharao (also as pharaon, farao, faraon, etc.), from Old English Pharao, from Late Latin Pharaō, from Koine Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (Parʿō), from Egyptian pr:aA (pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace; pharaoh”, literally “pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“great, big”)”)
Words formed from pharaoh
Phrases with pharaoh
Questions about pharaoh
- What does pharaoh mean?
- Pharaoh means the supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty.
- What is pharaoh in Hindi?
- Pharaoh in Hindi is फ़िरौन (firaun). See Pharaoh meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pharaoh?
- Pharaoh can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pharaoh?
- Pharaoh is pronounced /ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pharaoh?
- The plural of pharaoh is pharaohs.
Words near pharaoh in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pharaoh (page history and authors); Pharaoh (page history and authors); pharaoh (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pharaoh (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pharaoh (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pharaoh (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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