faraó

See also: farao, fáraó, and farão

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -o

Noun

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

1. pharaoh

Noun

faraó m (plural faraons)

1. (card games) faro

Derived terms

• faraònic

Further reading

• “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

Galician

Noun

faraó m (plural faraós, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of faraón

References

• “faraó”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• faró

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːra.ouː/

Noun

faraó m (genitive singular faraós, nominative plural faraóar)

1. pharaoh

Declension

Declension of faraó (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	faraó	faraóinn	faraóar	faraóarnir
accusative	faraó	faraóinn	faraóa	faraóana
dative	faraó	faraónum	faraóum	faraóunum
genitive	faraós	faraósins	faraóa	faraóanna

Portuguese

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faraó

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Alternative forms

• pharaó (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾaˈɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.ɾɐˈɔ/

• Hyphenation: fa‧ra‧ó
• Rhymes: -ɔ

Noun

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

Derived terms

• faraónico

Noun

faraó m (usually uncountable, plural faraós)

1. (card games) pharaoh; faro

Further reading

• “faraó”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “faraó”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua 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