pharaon

English

Noun

pharaon (plural pharaons)

1. Archaic form of pharaoh.

Anagrams

• anaphor

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ʁa.ɔ̃/

Noun

pharaon m (plural pharaons)

1. pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)
2. (card games) faro (card game)

Descendants

• → Khmer: ផារ៉ោន (phaaraon)

Further reading

• “pharaon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pharaō, from Ancient Greek φαραώ (pharaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian

(pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace, pharaoh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faɾaˈon/

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