Adam and Eve

English

"Adam and Eve", by Belgium painter Peter Paul Rubens.

Proper noun

Adam and Eve

1. The first man and woman, respectively, according to the Book of Genesis.

Derived terms

• God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve

Translations

the first man and woman (according to Genesis)

• Albanian: Adami dhe Eva (sq)
• Arabic: آدم وحواء (ar) (ʾādam wa-ḥawwāʾ)
• Belarusian: Адам і Ева (be) (Adám i Jéva) pl
• Bulgarian: Адам и Ева (bg) (Adám i Éva) pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞當和伊夫 (cmn), 亚当和伊夫 (cmn) (Yàdāng hé Yīfū), 亞當和夏娃 (cmn), 亚当和夏娃 (cmn) (Yàdāng hé Xiàwá)

• Czech: Adam a Eva (cs)
• Dutch: Adam en Eva (nl)
• Finnish: Aatami ja Eeva (fi)
• French: Adam et Ève (fr)
• Galician: Adán e Eva
• Georgian: ადამი და ევა (ka) (adami da eva), ადამ და ევა (ka) (adam da eva)
• German: Adam und Eva (de)
• Hebrew: אדם וחוה (he) (adam ve-khawa)
• Hungarian: Ádám és Éva (hu)
• Icelandic: Adam og Eva (is) n pl
• Japanese: アダムとイヴ (ja) (Adamu to Ivu)
• Khmer: អាដាម​និង​នាង​អេវ​ (km) (aadaam nɨng nieng eev)

• Korean: 아담과 하와 (ko) (Adam gwa Hawa)
• Lithuanian: Adomas ir Ieva (lt)
• Maltese: Adam u Eva (mt)
• Nauruan: Adam me Eva
• Navajo: Adam dóó Eve
• Norwegian: Adam og Eva (no)
• Polish: Adam i Ewa (pl)
• Portuguese: Adão e Eva (pt)
• Romanian: Adam și Eva
• Russian: Адам и Ева (ru) (Adám i Jéva) pl
• Serbo-Croatian: Адам и Ева (sh) m pl, Adam i Eva (sh) pl
• Slovak: Adam a Eva (sk)
• Slovene: Adam in Eva (sl)
• Spanish: Adán y Eva (es)
• Swedish: Adam och Eva (sv)
• Turkish: Adem ile Havva (tr), Adem'le Havva (tr), Adem ve Havva (tr)
• Ukrainian: Адам і Єва (uk) (Adám i Jéva) pl
• Vietnamese: Adam và Eve (vi)
• Walloon: Adan ey Eve
• Welsh: Adda ac Efa (cy)
• Yoruba: Ádámù àti Éfà

Verb

Adam and Eve

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) To believe.

   Would you Adam and Eve it, I've only gone an' lost me wallet, ain't I?

Usage notes

• Restricted to a few set phrases, such as Would you Adam and Eve it.

References

• Adam and Eve on Wikipedia.Wikipedia