Adam

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See also adam, ādām, Ádam, Âdam, Ádám, and A'dam

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adam), Ἄδαμος (Adamos), from Classical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. (Abrahamic religions) The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
    • 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 3:20
      And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
    • 1667 — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VII
      Say Goddess, what ensu’d when Raphael, / The affable Arch-Angel, had forewarn'd / Adam by dire example to beware / Apostasie,
  2. A male given name.
    • 1859 — George Eliot, Adam Bede, ch 1
      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, prominent 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,
  3. (figuratively) Original sin or human frailty.
  4. (with second or last) Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
  5. 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.
  6. A patronymic surname​.

Derived terms[edit]

terms derived from Adam

Related terms[edit]

surnames

Translations[edit]

first man in the Bible and Qur’an
male given name
figuratively: original sin; human frailty

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Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m

  1. A male given name, cognate to English Adam.
  2. Adam

Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m

  1. A male given name, cognate to Adam.

Related terms[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam.
  2. A male given name.

Ewe[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam.
  2. A male given name.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam.
  2. A male given name.

Related terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam.
  2. A male given name. Pet form: Adi

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m (genitive singular Adams, uncountable)

  1. Adam
  2. A male given name

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Ādam; m (indeclinable)

  1. Adam (Biblical character)

Proper noun[edit]

Ādam (genitive Ādae); m, first declension

  1. Adam (Biblical character)

Inflection[edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative Ādam Ādae
genitive Ādae Ādārum
dative Ādae Ādīs
accusative Ādam Ādās
ablative Ādā Ādīs
vocative Ādam Ādae

References[edit]

Adam in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

Norwegian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam.
  2. A male given name.

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m

  1. A male given name

Declension[edit]

    declension of Adam
singular plural
nominative Adam Adamowie
genitive Adama Adamów
dative Adamowi Adamom
accusative Adama Adamów
instrumental Adamem Adamami
locative Adamie Adamach
vocative Adamie Adamowie

Derived terms[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ǎdam/
  • Hyphenation: A‧dam

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀дам)

  1. Adam.
  2. A male given name.

Declension[edit]

    declension of Adam
singular
nominative Adam
genitive Adama
dative Adamu
accusative Adama
vocative Adame
locative Adamu
instrumental Adamom

See also[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam m

  1. Adam
    • 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.

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam.
  2. A male given name. Pet form: Adde.

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

English Adam

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. Adam
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:20 (translation here):
      Tasol i no gat wanpela bilong ol dispela samting inap i stap poroman bilong helpim Adam.


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Turkish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Adam

  1. A male given name
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