adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pharaonic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfɛəɹeɪˈɒnɪk/
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Received-Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɒnɪk/
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General-American: /ˌfɛɹeɪˈɑnɪk/
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rhymes with -ɒnɪk
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CMU ARPABET: F EH2 R AH0 AA1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Impressively large or luxurious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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adj
Meaning 3
Tyrannical or brutally oppressive.
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adj
Meaning 4
Of or pertaining to infibulation as a means of female genital mutilation.
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adj
Meaning 5
Alternative letter-case form of pharaonic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to the ancient Egyptian kings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
From Latin Pharaōn- (stem of Pharaō (“Pharaoh”)) + -ic, originally modelled on German pharaonisch.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: faraònic — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Esperanto: faraona — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Galician: faraónico — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- German: pharaonisch — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Greek: φαραωνικός (faraonikós) — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Hungarian: fáraónikus — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Korean: 파라오의 (palaoui) — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Latin: pharaōnicus — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Polish: faraoński — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Portuguese: faraônico — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Portuguese: faraónico — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Romanian: faraonic — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Russian: фараонский (faraonskij) — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Spanish: faraónico — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Swedish: faraonisk — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Volapük: faraonik — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Volapük: hifaraonik — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Volapük: jifaraonik — of or pertaining to a pharaoh
- Catalan: faraònic — impressively large or luxurious
- Galician: faraónico — impressively large or luxurious
- Polish: olbrzymi — impressively large or luxurious
- Polish: ogromny — impressively large or luxurious
- Portuguese: faraônico — impressively large or luxurious
- Portuguese: faraónico — impressively large or luxurious
- Spanish: faraónico — impressively large or luxurious
- Polish: despotyczny — tyrannical or brutally oppressive