jeroboam
/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/noun
jeroboam is spelled J-E-R-O-B-O-A-M: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jeroboam means “Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jeroboam is jeroboams.
How many letters and syllables are in jeroboam?
| Letters | 8: J-E-R-O-B-O-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 99,289th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jeroboam?
Jeroboam appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jeroboam?
- US /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/
Jeroboam has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Jeroboam.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jeroboam?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jeroboam from its last stressed vowel (/oʊəm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of jeroboam
- jeroboams plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jeroboam mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle.
noun
- 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jeroboam in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jéroboam , Jéroboam |
| German | Jerobeam |
| Spanish | Jeroboam |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jeroboam come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew יָרָבְעָם (yāroḇʿām).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).