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
• Macedonian: бинлак m (binlak)

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