Jeroboam

Jeroboam

See also: jeroboam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יָרָבְעָם‎ (yāroḇʿām).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/
• Rhymes: -oʊəm

Proper noun

Jeroboam

1. First king of the Kingdom of Israel.

Noun

Jeroboam (plural Jeroboams)

1. A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.
2. A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.

Synonyms

• double magnum

Derived terms

• Jerry

Translations

bottle of wine

French: jéroboam (fr) m

Biblical king

Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: يربعام‎ Azerbaijani: يربعام‎ Belarusian: Ераваам m (Jeravaam) Breton: Yarovam m Catalan: Jeroboam Chinese: Hakka: Yâ-lò-pô-ôn Mandarin: 耶羅波安／耶罗波安 Czech: Jarobeám Finnish: Jerobeam French: Jéroboam (fr) Galician: Ieroboam German: Jerobeam Greek: Ιεροβοάμ m (Ierovoám) Ancient Greek: Ἱεροβοάμ m (Hieroboám) Hebrew: ירבעם‎ Biblical Hebrew: יָרָבְעָם‎‎ (Yārŏḇə‘ām) Hungarian: Jeroboám (hu) Indonesian: Yerobeam Italian: Geroboamo Japanese: ヤロブアム Korean: 여로보암 (yeoroboam) Latin: Ieroboāmus m Malagasy: Jerôbôama Persian: یربعام‎ Russian: Иеровоам (Ijerovoam) Spanish: Jeroboam West Frisian: Jerobeäm