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joachim

/ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯.ə.kɪm/

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What does joachim mean?

proper noun

  1. The father of the Virgin Mary, according to apocryphal gospels.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew, always rare in English.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯.ə.kɪm/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈjoʊ̯.kɪm//joʊ̯.əˈkiːm/
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And before long the angel's promise was fulfilled, and a little daughter was born to Anna and Joachim.
Amy SteedmanKnights of Art: Stories of the Italian PaintersProject Gutenberg ebook #529
The first-named was purchased by Mr. E. B. Joachim, and the two others by Mr. G. R. Krehl.
Robert LeightonDogs and All about ThemProject Gutenberg ebook #10991
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“Watts and Joachim—they looked just like you and me.”
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
And under that church, in going down by twenty-two degrees, lieth Joachim, our Lady’s father, in a fair tomb of stone; and there beside lay some-time Saint Anne, his wife; but Saint Helen let translate her to Constantinople.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
I had given anything with my own eyes to see those two great marvels, the book of Joachim the Calabrian abbot, which foretold all the future Popes, their names and qualities; and that of the Emperor Leo, which prophesied all the emperors and patriarchs of Greece.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600