Adam's apple

See also: adamsäpple

English

Etymology

Calque of French pomme d’Adam; so called from an idea that part of the forbidden fruit stuck in the Biblical Adam's throat.

Noun

Adam's apple (plural Adam's apples)

1. (anatomy) The lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence.
2. , a fragrant houseplant native to southeast Asia.
3. A species of banana, .
4. The citron, Citrus limetta, now Citrus medica.

Synonyms

• (anatomy): laryngeal prominence
• (Tabernaemontana divaricata): crape jasmine, pinwheel flower, Nero's crown, butterfly gardenia, carnation of India, East Indian rosebay, , coffee rose, crepe gardenia

Translations

lump in the throat

• Albanian: Molla e Adamit (sq), arrëza e fytit
• Arabic: تُفَّاحَة آدَم f (tuffāḥat ʾādam), حَرْقَدَة f (ḥarqada)

  Egyptian Arabic: تفاحة آدم f (tuffāḥet ʾādam)

• Armenian: ադամախնձոր (hy) (adamaxnjor)
• Azerbaijani: Adəm Alması
• Belarusian: адамаў яблык n (adamaŭ jablyk), кадык m (kadyk)
• Bikol Central: kagulkol
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: Ада́мова я́бълка f (Adámova jábǎlka)
• Catalan: nou del coll f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 喉核 (hau⁴ wat^6-2), 喉欖／喉榄 (hau⁴ laam²), 喉榄 (hau⁴ laam^5-2)

  Mandarin: 喉結／喉结 (zh) (hóujié), 喉结 (zh) (hóujié)

• Cornish: aval briansen m
• Crimean Tatar: almaçıq, qıqırdaq
• Czech: ohryzek (cs) m
• Danish: adamsæble (da) n
• Dutch: adamsappel (nl) m
• Esperanto: tireoido
• Estonian: kõrisõlm
• Faroese: barkakýli n, barkaknolli m, barkaknøttur m, barkaknetti n
• Finnish: aataminomena (fi)
• French: pomme d’Adam (fr) f
• Galician: noz (gl) f
• Georgian: ხვანჩი (xvanči), ხორხის მაღლობი (xorxis maɣlobi), ხორხის შვერილი (xorxis šverili), ადამის ვაშლი (adamis vašli)
• German: Adamsapfel (de) m

  Alemannic German: Halsbëtzgi n

• Greek: μήλο του Αδάμ (el) n (mílo tou Adám)
• Hebrew: גרוגרת (he) f (grogeret)
• Hindi: टेंटुआ (ṭẽṭuā), कंठमणि (hi) (kaṇṭhmaṇi) (formal)
• Hungarian: ádámcsutka (hu)
• Icelandic: barkakýli (is) n, adamsepli n
• Ilocano: ammutil
• Indonesian: jakun (id)
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• Italian: pomo d'Adamo m
• Japanese: 喉仏 (nodo botoke), 喉頭隆起 (kōtō ryūki)
• Kavalan: tiquq
• Khmer: គ្រាប់ពោន (kroap poon)
• Latin: prominentia laryngea f
• Lithuanian: Adomo obuolys m, gerklų iškyšulys m
• Malay: halkum
• Maori: korirangi, tenga, tane o te kakī, kenakena
• Mongolian: төвөнх (mn) (tövönx)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: adamseple (no) n

  Nynorsk: adamseple n

• Polish: jabłko Adama (pl) n
• Portuguese: pomo de Adão m, gogó (pt) m
• Romani:

  Kalo Finnish Romani: aadamisko phamb, aadamisko ȟampos

• Romanian: mărul lui Adam (ro) n
• Russian: кады́к (ru) m (kadýk), ада́мово я́блоко (ru) n (adámovo jábloko), горта́нный вы́ступ m (gortánnyj výstup)
• Scottish Gaelic: meall-sgòrnain m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Адамова јабучица f

  Roman: Adamova jabučica f

• Sinhalese: උගුරු ඇටය (uguru æṭaya), උගුරු ගැටය (uguru gæṭaya)
• Spanish: bocado de Adán (es) m, nuez (es) f, nuez de Adán (es) f, manzana de Adán (es) f
• Swahili: kikoromeo (sw)
• Swedish: adamsäpple (sv) n
• Tagalog: gulunggulungan
• Thai: ลูกกระเดือก (lûuk-grà-dʉ̀ʉak)
• Turkish: Adem elması (tr)
• Walloon: gaviote (wa) f
• Welsh: afal breuant (cy) m
• Yakut: хабарҕа болчуоҕа (qabarğa bolcuoğa)

Tabernaemontana divaricata

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• Swedish: fjärilsgardenia c

Citrus medica — see citron