Adam

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”). === Pronunciation === (without t-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈædəm/, [ˈædəm] ~ [ˈædm̩] (t-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈæɾəm/, [ˈæɾəm] ~ [ˈæɾm̩] (New Zealand) (without t-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈɛdɘm/, [ˈɛdɘm] ~ [ˈɛdm̩] (t-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾɘm/, [ˈɛɾɘm] ~ [ˈɛɾm̩] Rhymes: -ædəm Hyphenation: A‧dam Homophone: atom (t-flapping) === Proper noun === Adam (plural Adams) (Abrahamism, religion) The first man and the progenitor of the human race. A male given name from Hebrew. (figuratively) Original sin or human frailty. (Christianity, usually with modifiers such as second or last) Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin. Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam. An English surname originating as a patronymic. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic. A French surname originating as a patronymic. A German surname originating as a patronymic. (slang) The drug ecstasy. ==== Alternative forms ==== (English surname): Adams (Scottish surname): Adams, McAdam, McAdams, McCaw, MacAdam, MacAdams, MacCaw ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Tok Pisin: Adam ==== Translations ==== === See also === Eve Wikipedia article on Adam and Eve Wikipedia article on original sin Edom Esau === References === (ecstasy): Tony Thorne (2014), “Adam”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]: Bloomsbury === Anagrams === A.A.M.D., dama == Albanian == === Etymology === From Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”). === Proper noun === Adam m (definite Adami) a male given name, equivalent to English Adam (religion, Christianity) Adam (biblical figure) (religion, Islam) Adem (“Adam”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Adami m (patronym) Adamaj (patronym) ==== Related terms ==== Ademi m (patronym) Ademaj (patronym) == Catalan == === Etymology === From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əˈðam] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈðam] === Proper noun === Adam m a male given name, equivalent to English Adam Adam (biblical figure) ==== Derived terms ==== adàmic adamita == Cornish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈædəm/ === Proper noun === Adam Adam (biblical figure) == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈadam] === Proper noun === Adam m anim (diminutive Adámek or Damek or Áďa) Adam (biblical figure) a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Adam ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Etymology === From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”). === Proper noun === Adam Adam (biblical figure) a male given name == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch Adam, from Latin Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), from Hebrew אָדָם (“Adam”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaː.dɑm/ Hyphenation: Adam === Proper noun === Adam m Adam (Biblical character, mythological first man) a male given name from Hebrew ==== Derived terms ==== adamsappel adamskostuum == Ewe == === Etymology === Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adám, “man, human being”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /á.dàm/, [á.d̪àm] === Proper noun === Ádàm a male given name, equivalent to English Adam (biblical, Abrahamism, religion) Adam Coordinate term: Xawa (“Eve”) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.dɑ̃/ === Proper noun === Adam m Adam (biblical figure) a male given name; diminutive forms Adanet, Adenot, Adnet, Adnot ==== Derived terms ==== ne connaître ni d'Ève ni d'Adam pomme d'Adam tenue d'Adam ==== Descendants ==== → Vietnamese: A-đam === Anagrams === dama == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Adam, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), from Hebrew אָדָם (ʾāḏām, “man, soil, light brown”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːdam/ === Proper noun === Adam m (proper noun, strong, genitive Adams) (biblical) Adam a male given name; variant form Adi == Hausa == === Etymology === From Arabic آدَم (ʔādam). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔá.dàm/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.dàŋ] === Proper noun === Adàm m Adam (biblical character) ==== Derived terms ==== ɗan Adàm == Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”). === Proper noun === Adam m (proper noun, genitive singular Adams) Adam (biblical figure) a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== adamsepli Adam og Eva === See also === Eva === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “Adam”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “Adam”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið === Anagrams === dama == Italian == === Etymology === Alteration of MDMA. === Noun === Adam m (invariable) (informal) ecstasy (drug) === Anagrams === dama == Kashubian == === Alternative forms === Adóm, (Dialectal) Jadam === Etymology === Borrowed from Polish Adam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.dam/ Rhymes: -adam Syllabification: A‧dam === Proper noun === Adam m pers (related adjective adamów or adamòwi) Adam (biblical figure) a male given name, equivalent to English Adam === Further reading === Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “Adam”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[2] == Latin == === Alternative forms === Ādāmus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם, from Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.dãː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.dam] === Proper noun === Ādām m (genitive Ādām or Ādae); indeclinable, variously declined, first declension (biblical) Adam a male given name, equivalent to English Adam ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun (nominative/vocative singular in -ām). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Adam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Adam”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Lombard == === Etymology === From Latin Ādām. === Proper noun === Adam m (Old Lombard) Adam (biblical character) ==== Descendants ==== Lombard: Adamm == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic آدم. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [a.dam] Rhymes: -dam, -am Hyphenation: A‧dam === Proper noun === Adam (Jawi spelling ادم) (Abrahamism, religion) The first man and the progenitor of the human race. a male given name from Arabic ==== Compounds ==== === Further reading === "Adam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Maltese == === Etymology === From Sicilian Adamu, Addamu and/or Italian Adamo, both from Latin Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), from Hebrew אָדָם (āḏām). All religious names (though not all religious words) in Maltese are borrowings from Romance. The inherited form from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam) would be *Iedem, which is preserved in bniedem (“human being”, literally “son of Adam”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈdaːm/ Rhymes: -aːm === Proper noun === Adam m Adam ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English Adam, from Latin Ādāmus, Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈdaːm/, /ˈadam/ === Proper noun === Adam Adam (Biblical progenitor of humankind). a male given name from Hebrew; Adam (with newe or last) Jesus Christ. ==== Descendants ==== English: Adam, Adams, Adams, McAdam, McAdams, McCaw, MacAdam, MacAdams, MacCawTok Pisin: Adam Scots: Adam ==== References ==== “Adā̆m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 July 2019. == Middle High German == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Ādām, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם, from Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-. === Proper noun === Adam m a male given name (Abrahamism, biblical) Adam ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Central Franconian: Hunsrik: Aadem German: Adam === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “Adam”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “Adam”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[3] (in German), 3rd edition == Norwegian == === Etymology === From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”). === Proper noun === Adam Adam (biblical figure) a male given name == Old English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Ādām, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם, from Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑ.dɑm/ === Proper noun === Adam m Adam (Biblical character) c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: AdamEnglish: Adam, Adams, Adams, McAdam, McAdams, McCaw, MacAdam, MacAdams, MacCawTok Pisin: AdamScots: Adam == Polish == === Etymology === Derived from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.dam/ Rhymes: -adam Syllabification: A‧dam === Proper noun === Adam m pers (diminutive Adaś) Adam (biblical figure) a male given name, equivalent to English Adam ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Adam”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Адамъ (Adamŭ). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Adam m a male given name a surname a village in Drăgușeni, Galați County, Romania == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English Adam, from Latin Ādāmus, Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám). === Proper noun === Adam Adam (biblical figure) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “Adam, prop.n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”). Doublet of Adem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ǎdam/ Hyphenation: A‧dam === Proper noun === Àdam m anim (Cyrillic spelling А̀дам) (biblical) Adam a male given name from Hebrew ==== Declension ==== === See also === Adem === Further reading === “Adam”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026 == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adam/, [ˈadam] Rhymes: -adam Hyphenation: A‧dam === Proper noun === Adam m pers Adam (biblical figure) a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Aduš Ado Adamko Adko === Further reading === “Adam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈdam/ [aˈð̞ãm] Rhymes: -am Syllabification: A‧dam === Proper noun === Adam m archaic form of Adán (“biblical figure”) == Swedish == === Etymology === From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”). === Pronunciation === === Interjection === Adam The letter "A" in the Swedish spelling alphabet === Proper noun === Adam c (genitive Adams) Adam (biblical figure) a male given name; diminutive form Adde === References === “Adam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English Adam. === Proper noun === Adam Adam == Turkish == === Etymology === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. === Proper noun === Adam a male given name from Arabic, less common variant of Adem == Walloon == === Alternative forms === Adan === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ˈdam/ === Proper noun === Adam (biblical) Adam a male given name, equivalent to English Adam