intj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
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rhymes with -aɪə
CMU ARPABET:JH EH2 R AH0 M AY1 AH0
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intj
Meaning 1
Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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name
Meaning 2
An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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name
Meaning 3
A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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name
Meaning 4
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 6
A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Book of Jeremiah
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: book
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noun
Meaning 8
(Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: prophet
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הֵרִים Biblical Hebrew ־יהו Biblical Hebrew ירמיהlbor. Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías)lbor. Latin Jērē̆mī̆āslbor. English Jeremiah Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.
Across languages
Translations
228 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Jeremia
— biblical prophet
Arabic:
إِرْمِيَا
(ʔirmiyā)
— biblical prophet
Armenian:
Երեմիա
(Eremia)
— biblical prophet
Old Armenian:
Երեմիա
(Eremia)
— biblical prophet
Asturian:
Xeremíes
— biblical prophet
Basque:
Jeremias
— biblical prophet
Bengali:
ইরমিয়া
(irmiya)
— biblical prophet
Bengali:
ইর্মিয়া
(irmiẏa)
— biblical prophet
Breton:
Yirmia
— biblical prophet
Catalan:
Jeremies
— biblical prophet
Cebuano:
Jeremias
— biblical prophet
Chichewa:
Yeremiya
— biblical prophet
Chinese Cantonese:
耶利米
— biblical prophet
Eastern Min Chinese:
耶利米
(Ià-lé-mī)
— biblical prophet
Hakka Chinese:
耶利米
(Yâ-li-mí)
— biblical prophet
Chinese:
耶利米
(Iâ-lī-bí)
— biblical prophet
Chinese Mandarin:
耶利米
(Yélìmǐ)
— biblical prophet
Corsican:
Ghjeremia
— biblical prophet
Czech:
Jeremjáš
— biblical prophet
Danish:
Jeremias
— biblical prophet
Dutch:
Jeremia
— biblical prophet
Estonian:
Jeremija
— biblical prophet
Faroese:
Jeremia
— biblical prophet
Finnish:
Jeremia
— biblical prophet
French:
Jérémie
— biblical prophet
Old French:
Jeremias
— biblical prophet
West-Frisian:
Jeremia
— biblical prophet
Georgian:
იერემია
(ieremia)
— biblical prophet
German:
Jeremia
— biblical prophet
Greek:
Ιερεμίας
(Ieremías)
— biblical prophet
Ancient Greek:
Ἰερεμίας
(Ieremías)
— biblical prophet
Greenlandic:
Jeremia
— biblical prophet
Hawaiian:
Ieremia
— biblical prophet
Hebrew:
יִרְמְיָהוּ
(yirmyāhu)
— biblical prophet
Hindi:
यिर्मयाह
(yirmayāh)
— biblical prophet
Hungarian:
Jeremiás
— biblical prophet
Icelandic:
Jeremía
— biblical prophet
Ido:
Ieremias
— biblical prophet
Indonesian:
Yeremia
— biblical prophet
Irish:
Irimia
— biblical prophet
Italian:
Geremia
— biblical prophet
Japanese:
エレミヤ
(Eremiya)
— biblical prophet
Kazakh:
Еремия
(Eremiä)
— biblical prophet
Central Kurdish:
یەرمیا
(yermya)
— biblical prophet