pharaoh
sustantivocorriente en diálogos
- Estados Unidos//ˈfɛɹ(ˌ)oʊ//
- Estados Unidos//ˈfeɪ(ˌ)ɹoʊ//
- Estados Unidos//ˈfæɹ.oʊ//
- Australia//ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ//
- Australia//ˈfɛə.ɹəʊ//
The card game faro.
sustantivo
- 1
históricoThe 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
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.
- 2
The card game faro.
"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.
Etimología
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”)”)
Formas
- plural
- pharaohs