Adam

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dəm/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈæɾm̩], [ˈæɾəm]

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• Homophone: atom (accents with flapping)

Adam (plural Adams)

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.
   • 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:45

     And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; 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.

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​.

• Eve
• Wikipedia article on Adam and Eve
• Wikipedia article on original sin
• Edom

• A.A.M.D., dama

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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈdam/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈdam/

Adam m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Adam.
2. Adam (biblical figure)

IPA^(key): /ˈædəm/

Adam

1. Adam (biblical figure)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈadam]

Adam m

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Adam.

This noun needs a declension-table template.

• Pet forms: Adámek, Damek, Áďa

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

Adam

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name.

From Middle Dutch Adam, from Latin Ādām, from Hebrew אָדָם‎‎ (“Adam”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.dɑm/

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• Hyphenation: Adam

Adam m

1. Adam (Biblical character, mythological first man)
2. A male given name.

• adamsappel
• adamskostuum

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

Adam

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name.

• Xawa

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

• IPA^(key): /a.dɑ̃/

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Adam

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name.

• pet forms: Adanet, Adenot, Adnet, Adnot

• dama

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

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Adam m

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name. Pet form: Adi

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

Adam m (genitive singular Adams, no plural)

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name

• adamsepli
• Adam og Eva

• Eva

• dama

Alteration of MDMA

Adam m (invariable)

1. (informal) ecstasy (drug)

• Ādāmus

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.daːm/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dam/, [ˈaː.dam]

Ādām m (indeclinable)
Ādām m (genitive Ādae); first declension

1. Adam (Biblical character)

First declension, nominative/vocative singular in -ām.

• 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

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

Adam

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.dam/

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Adam m pers (diminutive Adaś)

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name, equivalent to English Adam.

• Adam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

• IPA^(key): /ǎdam/
• Hyphenation: A‧dam

Àdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀дам)

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name.

• Adem

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.dam/

Adam m (genitive Adama, nominative plural Adamovia) declension pattern chlap

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name.

• Aduš
• Ado
• Adamko
• Adko

• Adam in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

• IPA^(key): /aˈdam/, [aˈðãm]

Adam m

1. 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.

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

Adam c (genitive Adams)

1. Adam (biblical figure)
2. A male given name. Pet form: Adde.

From English Adam.

Adam

1. Adam
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 2:20:

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Adam

1. A male given name