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jeroboam

/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
jer-oboam
IPA
/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle.

name

First king of the Kingdom of Israel.

noun

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

noun

A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יָרָבְעָם (yāroḇʿām).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

jeroboams (plural)

Derived Forms

jerry

Synonyms

double magnum double-magnum

Rhymes With

poem phloem proem

Questions

How do you pronounce jeroboam?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/.
What does jeroboam mean?
Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle.
Where does jeroboam come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew יָרָבְעָם (yāroḇʿām).

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