Jeroboam

See also: jeroboam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יָרָבְעָם (yāroḇʿām).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Jeroboam

First king of the Kingdom of Israel.

Noun

Jeroboam (plural Jeroboams)

A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.
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 (el) 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

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