Cheops

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

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

Cheops

1. Khufu, 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

• Khufu

• Poches, chopes, epochs, pochés

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰe.ɔps]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛː.ops]

Cheops m (genitive Cheopis); third declension

1. Cheops

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

• English: Cheops
• Italian: Cheope