pharaoh

CEFRB1

/ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A ruler of ancient Egypt.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any specific pharaoh.

Examples

  • Not all ancient Egyptian kings had the title of pharaoh.

  • The Egyptians built this temple to honour the Pharaoh Ramses II.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfæɹ.oʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The card game faro.

  2. 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

More examples

In context

  • Ramses II was an Egyptian pharaoh.

  • Instances: see Thesaurus:pharaoh

  • "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.

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The ancient blank of Egypt was buried in a large pyramid with treasure.

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Origin

noun

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”)”)