Cheops

See also: CHEOPS

English

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Cheops

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːɒps/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkiɑːps/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.

Proper noun

Cheops

1. Khufu, a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza

Synonyms

• Khufu

Translations

pharaoh

Arabic: خُوفُو m (ḵūfū) Armenian: Քեոփս (Kʻeopʻs) Bulgarian: Хеопс m (Heops) Egyptian: (ḫw.f-wj) French: Khéops (fr), Chéops (fr) m German: Cheops (de) Greek: Χέωψ (Chéops) Ancient: Χέοψ (Khéops) Hebrew: חֵ׳וֹפּוּ (Cheopu) Hungarian: Kheopsz Italian: Cheope Latin: Cheops Portuguese: Queops m, Cheops m Russian: Хео́пс (ru) (Xeóps) Turkish: Keops Turkish: Keops

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Cheops

1. Alternative letter-case form of CHEOPS.
   • 2023 November 29, Ashley Strickland, “Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’”, in CNN‎:

     The dedicated time Cheops spent observing the star helped astronomers iron out the mixed signals from the TESS data to determine how many planets were crossing in front of the star and the resonance of their orbits.

Anagrams

• Poches, chopes, epochs, pochés

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰe.ɔps]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛː.ops]

Proper noun

Cheops m (genitive Cheopis); third declension

1. Cheops

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cheops
genitive	Cheopis
dative	Cheopī
accusative	Cheopem
ablative	Cheope
vocative	Cheops

Descendants

• English: Cheops
• Italian: Cheope