Standard Lemma guide

Solomon

name · noun · 9 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsɒləmən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈsɑləmən/
  • CMU ARPABET: S AA1 L AH0 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Salome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname from Hebrew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

An unincorporated community in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A minor city in Dickinson County and Saline County, Kansas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

An electoral division in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A person of unusual wisdom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A very large champagne bottle (named after the king) with the capacity of 18 liters, equivalent to 24 standard bottles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Melchior

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

(Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: king, male monarch, Rex

History

Etymology

From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōh), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman.

Across languages

Translations

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Salomo — king of Israel
  • Albanian: Salomón-i — king of Israel
  • Albanian: Solomón-i — king of Israel
  • Amharic: ሰሎሞን (sälomon) — king of Israel
  • Arabic: سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān) — king of Israel
  • Arabic: سُلَيْمٰن (sulaymān) — king of Israel
  • Aramaic: ܫܠܝܡܘܢ (šlēmōn) — king of Israel
  • Armenian: Սողոմոն (Soġomon) — king of Israel
  • Azerbaijani: Süleyman — king of Israel
  • Belarusian: Саламо́н (Salamón) — king of Israel
  • Bengali: সোলেমান (śōleman) — king of Israel
  • Bulgarian: Соломон — king of Israel
  • Catalan: Salomó — king of Israel
  • Cherokee: ᏐᎵᎼᏅ (solimonv) — king of Israel
  • Cherokee: ᏐᎳᎹᏅ (solamanv) — king of Israel
  • Cherokee: ᏐᎵᎹᏅ (solimanv) — king of Israel
  • Chinese Cantonese: 所羅門 /所罗门 — king of Israel
  • Chinese Cantonese: 撒羅滿 /撒罗满 (saat3 lo4 mun5) — king of Israel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 所羅門 /所罗门 (Suǒluómén) — king of Israel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 撒羅滿 /撒罗满 (Sāluómǎn) — king of Israel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 索洛蒙 (Suǒluòméng) — king of Israel
  • Maore Comorian: Sulaimana — king of Israel
  • Ngazidja Comorian: Sulaimana — king of Israel
  • Czech: Šalamoun — king of Israel
  • Danish: Salomo — king of Israel
  • Dutch: Salomo — king of Israel
  • Esperanto: Salomono — king of Israel
  • Estonian: Saalomon — king of Israel
  • Finnish: Salomo — king of Israel
  • French: Salomon — king of Israel
  • French: Solayman — king of Israel
  • Old French: Salemon — king of Israel
  • Galician: Salomón — king of Israel
  • German: Salomo — king of Israel
  • German: Salomon — king of Israel
  • German: Solomon — king of Israel
  • Greek: Σολομών (Solomón) — king of Israel
  • Ancient Greek: Σολομών (Solomṓn) — king of Israel
  • Haitian Creole: Salomon — king of Israel
  • Hausa: Sulemanu — king of Israel
  • Hawaiian: Solomona — king of Israel
  • Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה (sh'lomo) — king of Israel
  • Hindi: सुलेमान (sulemān) — king of Israel
  • Hindi: सुलैमान (sulaimān) — king of Israel
  • Hungarian: Salamon — king of Israel
  • Indonesian: Sulaiman — king of Israel
  • Irish: Solamh — king of Israel
  • Italian: Salomone — king of Israel
  • Japanese: ソロモン (Soromon) — king of Israel
  • Kapampangan: Suleman — king of Israel
  • Kapampangan: Solomon — king of Israel
  • Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen) — king of Israel
  • Korean: 솔로몬 (Sollomon) — king of Israel
  • Kyrgyz: Сулейман (Suleyman) — king of Israel
  • Latin: Salomon — king of Israel
  • Macedonian: Соломон — king of Israel
  • Malay: Sulaiman — king of Israel
  • Malay: Salomo — king of Israel
  • Manchu: ᠰᠣᠯᠣᠮᠣᠩ (solomong) — king of Israel
  • Norwegian: Salomo — king of Israel
  • Pashto: سليمان — king of Israel
  • Persian: سلیمان (soleymân) — king of Israel
  • Polish: Salomon — king of Israel
  • Portuguese: Salomão — king of Israel
  • Romanian: Solomon — king of Israel
  • Russian: Соломо́н (Solomón) — king of Israel
  • Sicilian: Salamuni — king of Israel
  • Spanish: Salomón — king of Israel
  • Swedish: Salomo — king of Israel
  • Tajik: Сулаймон (Sulaymon) — king of Israel
  • Thai: โซโลมอน (soo-loo-mɔɔn) — king of Israel
  • Turkish: Süleyman — king of Israel
  • Ukrainian: Соломо́н (Solomón) — king of Israel
  • Urdu: سُلَیمان — king of Israel
  • Uzbek: Sulaymon — king of Israel
  • Yiddish: שלמה (Shloyme) — king of Israel
  • Albanian: Salomón-i — male given name
  • Albanian: Solomón-i — male given name
  • Albanian: Sulejmán-i — male given name
  • Albanian: Sylejmán-i — male given name
  • Amharic: ሱለይማን (suläyman) — male given name
  • Arabic: سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān) — male given name
  • Armenian: Սողոմոն (Soġomon) — male given name
  • Azerbaijani: Süleyman — male given name
  • Bashkir: Сөләймән (Söləymən) — male given name
  • Belarusian: Саламо́н (Salamón) — male given name
  • Bengali: সুলাইমান (śulaiman) — male given name
  • Breton: Salaun — male given name
  • Bulgarian: Соломон — male given name
  • Catalan: Salomó — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 所羅門 /所罗门 (Suǒluómén) — male given name
  • Finnish: Salomo — male given name
  • Finnish: Salomon — male given name
  • Galician: Salomón — male given name
  • Greek: Σολομών (Solomón) — male given name
  • Greek: Σουλεϊμάν (Souleïmán) — male given name
  • Ancient Greek: Σολομών (Solomṓn) — male given name
  • Greenlandic: Saalu — male given name
  • Haitian Creole: Salomon — male given name
  • Hausa: Sulemanu — male given name
  • Hawaiian: Kolomona — male given name
  • Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה (sh'lomo) — male given name
  • Hungarian: Salamon — male given name
  • Kapampangan: Suleman — male given name
  • Kapampangan: Solomon — male given name
  • Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen) — male given name
  • Central Kurdish: سِلێمان (silêman) — male given name
  • Kyrgyz: Сулейман (Suleyman) — male given name
  • Kyrgyz: Сулайман (Sulayman) — male given name
  • Malay: Sulaiman — male given name
  • Malay: Suleman — male given name
  • Malay: Leman — male given name
  • Persian: سلیمان (soleymân) — male given name
  • Polish: Salomon — male given name
  • Portuguese: Salomão — male given name
  • Romanian: Solomon — male given name
  • Russian: Соломо́н (Solomón) — male given name
  • Russian: Сулейма́н (Sulejmán) — male given name
  • Scottish Gaelic: Solamh — male given name
  • Sicilian: Salamuni — male given name
  • Tajik: Сулаймон (Sulaymon) — male given name
  • Tatar: Сөләйман (Söläyman) — male given name
  • Turkish: Süleyman — male given name
  • Turkmen: Süleýman — male given name
  • Urdu: سُلَیمان — male given name
  • Uzbek: Sulaymon — male given name
  • Yiddish: שלמה (shloyme) — male given name
  • Yiddish: זלמן (zalman) — male given name
  • Bulgarian: Соломон — person of unusual wisdom
  • Bulgarian: Соломон — very large champagne bottle
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