Adam
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.dəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): [ˈæɾm̩], [ˈæɾəm]
Audio (UK) (file) - Homophone: atom (accents with flapping)
Proper nounEdit
Adam (plural Adams)
- (Abrahamic religions) The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:20:
- And Adam called his wiues name Eue, because she was the mother of all liuing.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 40–43:
- Say Goddeſs, what enſu'd when Raphael, / The affable Arch-angel, had forewarn'd / Adam by dire example to beware / Apoſtaſie,
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “The Workshop”, in Adam Bede […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book first, page 3:
- In his tall stalwartness Adam Bede was a Saxon, and justified his name; but the jet-black hair, made the more noticeable by its contrast with the light paper cap, and the keen glance of the dark eyes that shone from under strongly marked, proninent, and mobile eyebrows, indicated a mixture of Celtic blood.
- 1904, Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary
- Since then I have deciphered some more of Adam’s hieroglyphics, and think he has now become sufficiently important as a public character to justify this publication.
- 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
- What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word,
- (figuratively) Original sin or human frailty.
- (with second or last) Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:45:
- And so it is written: The first man Adam was made a liuing soule, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
- 1739, Charles Wesley, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
- Second Adam from above,
Reinstate us in thy love.
- Second Adam from above,
- Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
- 1936, HP Lovecraft, ‘The Haunter of the Dark’:
- Inside were six-panelled doors, wide floor-boards, a curving colonial staircase, white Adam-period mantels, and a rear set of rooms three steps below the general level.
- 2001, Norman K. Risjord, Representative Americans: The Revolutionary Generation (page 164)
- McIntyre's best pieces, such as the fireplace in the Otis house, managed to convey both an opulent warmth and a restrained elegance, and compares favorably with the artistic saturnalia of an Adam fireplace.
- 1936, HP Lovecraft, ‘The Haunter of the Dark’:
- 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.
Alternative formsEdit
- (English surname): Adams
- (Scottish surname): Adams, McAdam, McAdams, McCaw, MacAdam, MacAdams, MacCaw
Derived termsEdit
- Adam and Eve
- Adamesque
- Adamhood
- Adamic, Adamical
- Adamish
- Adamite
- Adamitism
- Adam's ale
- Adam's apple
- Adam's Bridge
- Adam's flannel
- Adam's morsel
- Adam's needle
- Adam's Peak
- Adam's wine
- apple of Adam
- as old as Adam, old as Adam
- Atkin (diminutive)
- co-Adamite
- not know someone from Adam
- Old Adam
- pre-Adamite
- pre-Adamitism
- since Adam was a boy
Related termsEdit
- Acheson
- Adams
- Adamson
- Adcock
- Addams
- Addey
- Addie
- Addis
- Addison
- Addy
- Addyman
- Ade
- Ades
- Adey
- Adie
- Adkin
- Adkins
- Adnett
- Adnitt
- Aicken
- Aiken
- Aikens
- Aikin
- Aikins
- Aitchison
- Aitken
- Aitkens
- Aitkin
- Aitkins
- Atcheson
- Atkin
- Atkins
- Atkinson
- Baddams
- Hadcock
- Haddy
- Keddie
- Keddy
- Kiddie
- Kiddy
- Macadam
- MacAdam
- McAdams
- McAdams
- McAdie
- McCaw
- McGaw
- Megaw
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AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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 nounEdit
Adam m (definite Adami)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
- (religion, Christianity) Adam (biblical figure)
- (religion, Islam) Adem (“Adam”)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
Derived termsEdit
CornishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam m
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Adam
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
Proper nounEdit
Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch Adam, from Latin Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), from Hebrew אָדָם (“Adam”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam m
- Adam (Biblical character, mythological first man)
- a male given name from Hebrew
Derived termsEdit
EweEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
Proper nounEdit
Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
See alsoEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam m
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a diminutive of the male given names Adanet, Adenot, Adnet, or Adnot
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin Adam, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), from Hebrew אָדָם (ʾāḏām, “man, soil, light brown”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam m (proper noun, strong, genitive Adams)
- (biblical) Adam
- a male given name; variant form Adi
HausaEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adàm m
- Adam (biblical character)
Derived termsEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
Proper nounEdit
Adam m
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Alteration of MDMA.
NounEdit
Adam m (invariable)
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Ādām m (variously declined, genitive Ādām or Ādae); indeclinable, first declension
- Adam (Biblical figure)
- (New Latin) a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
DeclensionEdit
Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun (nominative/vocative singular in -ām).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Ādām | Ādae |
Genitive | Ādām Ādae |
Ādārum |
Dative | Ādām Ādae |
Ādīs |
Accusative | Ādām | Ādās |
Ablative | Ādām Ādā |
Ādīs |
Vocative | Ādām | Ādae |
ReferencesEdit
- “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
MalteseEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam m
Derived termsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Ādāmus, Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam
- Adam (Biblical progenitor of humankind).
- a male given name from Hebrew; Adam
- (with newe or last) Jesus Christ.
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “Adā̆m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-15.
NorwegianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
Proper nounEdit
Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam m pers (diminutive Adaś)
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Адамъ (Adamŭ).
Proper nounEdit
Adam m
- a male given name
- a surname
- A village in Drăgușeni, Galați, Romania
ScotsEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English Adam, from Latin Ādāmus, Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam
- Adam (biblical figure)
ReferencesEdit
- “Adam, prop.n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Àdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀дам)
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
DeclensionEdit
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Adam |
genitive | Adama |
dative | Adamu |
accusative | Adama |
vocative | Adame |
locative | Adamu |
instrumental | Adamom |
See alsoEdit
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam m anim (genitive singular Adama, nominative plural Adamovia, genitive plural Adamov, declension pattern of chlap)
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Adam in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam m
- Alternative form of Adán (“biblical figure”)
- 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 2:20
- Y puso Adam nombres á toda bestia y ave de los cielos y á todoanimal del campo.
- 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 2:20
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
InterjectionEdit
Adam
- The letter "A" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Proper nounEdit
Adam c (genitive Adams)
- Adam (biblical figure)
- a male given name. Pet form: Adde
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam
TurkishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam
- a male given name
WalloonEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Adam
- (biblical) Adam
- a male given name, equivalent to English Adam