pharaoh
/ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Alternative letter-case form of pharaoh.
Example Sentences
- "Instances: see Thesaurus:pharaoh"
- "And the Egyptians ſhall know that I am the Lord, when I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vpon his charets, and vpon his horſemen."
- ""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."
- "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen."
Etymology
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”)”)
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ/
- British English: /ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ/