Meanings
Cheops1
- 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
Synonyms: Khufu
Cheops2
- Alternative letter-case form of CHEOPS.
The dedicated time Cheops spent observing the star helped astronomers iron out the mixed signals from the TESS data to determine how many planets were crossing in front of the star and the resonance of their orbits.
2023 November 29, Ashley Strickland, “Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’”, in CNN
CHEOPS3
alternative Cheops
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite, a planned European space telescope for the study of the formation of extrasolar planets.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounKhufu, 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
More synonyms by meaning
nounEgyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Egyptianḫw.f-wj
- Ancient GreekΧέοψ
- LatinCheops
- EnglishCheops
Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek, Egyptian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Χέοψ
- Χέοψ (Khéops)pharaoh
Arabic خُوفُو
- خُوفُو (ḵūfū)pharaoh
Bulgarian Хеопс
- Хеопс (Heops)pharaoh
French Khéops, Chéops
- Khéopspharaoh
- Chéopspharaoh
German Cheops
- Cheopspharaoh
Greek Χέωψ
- Χέωψ (Chéops)pharaoh
Hebrew חֵ׳וֹפּוּ
- חֵ׳וֹפּוּ (Cheopu)pharaoh
Hungarian Kheopsz
- Kheopszpharaoh
Italian Cheope
- Cheopepharaoh
Latin Cheops
- Cheopspharaoh
Portuguese Queops, Cheops
- Queopspharaoh
- Cheopspharaoh
Russian Хео́пс
- Хео́пс (Xeóps)pharaoh
Turkish Keops
- Keopspharaoh
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Cite this entry
Cheops. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheops
“Cheops.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheops. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cheops,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheops.
Source: Cheops on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.