faraó

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fə.ɾəˈo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fa.ɾaˈo]
• Rhymes: -o

faraó m (plural faraons, feminine faraona, feminine plural faraones)

1. pharaoh

faraó m (plural faraons)

1. (card games) faro

• faraònic

• “faraó”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

faraó m (plural faraós, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of faraón

• “faraó” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• faró

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːra.ouː/

faraó m (genitive singular faraós, nominative plural faraóar)

1. pharaoh

• pharaó (pre-standardization spelling)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese faraó, faraón, from Late Latin Pharaōnem, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian

(pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace, pharaoh”), from pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“big”).

• Hyphenation: fa‧ra‧ó
• Rhymes: -ɔ

faraó m (nonstandard) m or f by sense (plural faraós, feminine (nonstandard) faraoa or (rare, nonstandard) faraona, feminine plural (nonstandard) faraoas or (rare, nonstandard) faraonas)

1. (historical) pharaoh (supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt)

   Hypernym: soberano

   Coordinate terms: imperador, monarca, rei

faraó m (usually uncountable, plural faraós)

1. (card games) pharaoh; faro

• “faraó”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “faraó”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “faraó”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “faraó”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “faraó”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025