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Jaakko — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • jack noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tire.
  • Jacob noun A male given name of Hebrew origin, historically the name of the biblical patriarch and father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • jake adj Fine, acceptable, or satisfactory — an old-fashioned slang term.
  • James name A common English male given name, traditionally derived from the Hebrew name that also gives us "Jacob."

Senses

Jaakko is used for these senses in English:

  • Jack A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.
  • Jacob (biblical character) One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously Judah and Joseph who fathered Manasseh.
  • Jacob (Mormonism) The fifth son of Lehi and one of the younger brothers of Nephi, author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.
  • Jake A en given name.
  • James (biblical) The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
  • James One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.

jack — full definition

  1. noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tire.
  2. noun The playing card ranking between the ten and the queen, showing a young page or knave.
  3. noun A socket used to plug in an electrical or audio device.
  4. noun Informal: money.
  5. verb To lift something using a mechanical jack.
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