jonah

Other forms of jonah

plural

jonahs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jonah

What does jonah mean?

jonah means "(Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jonah?

jonah has 2 syllables: jo-nah. The stress falls on "jo". In IPA it is /ˈdʒoʊnə/.

What is another word for jonah?

Close synonyms include jinx, Book of Jonah. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jonah a common word?

jonah is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.