Cheops

See also: CHEOPS

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cheops

1. 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

• Armenian: Քեոփս (Kʻeopʻs)
• Egyptian: (ḫw.f-wj)
• French: Khéops (fr), Chéops (fr) m
• German: Cheops (de)
• Greek: Χέωψ (Chéops)

  Ancient: Χέοψ (Khéops)

• Hebrew: חֵ'וֹפּוּ (Cheopu)
• Italian: Cheope
• Latin: Cheops
• Portuguese: Queops m, Cheops m
• Russian: Хео́пс (ru) (Xeóps)
• Turkish: Keops
• Turkish: Keops

Anagrams

• Poches, chopes, epochs, pochés

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰe.ops/, [ˈkʰeɔps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ops/, [ˈkɛːops]

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