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Etymology
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 ” ) .
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Adam (plural Adams )
( Abrahamic religions ) The first man and the progenitor of the human race .
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 , “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall , Faber and Faber, page 90 :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.
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.
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 .
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Translations
first man in Abrahamic religions
figuratively: original sin; human frailty
with "last" or "second", Jesus Christ
designating a neoclassical style
surname derived from Adam or its equivalents in other languages
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Albanian
Etymology
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 noun
Adam m (definite Adami )
a male given name , equivalent to English Adam
( religion , Christianity ) Adam ( biblical figure )
( religion , Islam ) Adem ( “ Adam ” )
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Catalan
Etymology
From Hebrew אָדָם ( adam , “ earth, man, soil, light brown ” ) .
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Proper noun
Adam m
a male given name , equivalent to English Adam
Adam ( biblical figure )
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Cornish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈædəm/
Proper noun
Adam
Adam ( biblical figure )
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם ( adam , “ earth, man, soil, light brown ” ) .
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Proper noun
Adam m anim (diminutive Adámek or Damek or Áďa )
Adam ( biblical figure )
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Adam
Declension
Declension of Adam (hard masculine animate )
Danish
Etymology
From Hebrew אָדָם ( adam , “ earth, man, soil, light brown ” ) .
Proper noun
Adam
Adam ( biblical figure )
a male given name
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch Adam , from Latin Ādām , from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ ( Adám ) , from Hebrew אָדָם ( “ Adam ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈaː.dɑm/
Hyphenation: Adam
Proper noun
Adam m
Adam ( Biblical character, mythological first man )
a male given name from Hebrew
Derived terms
Ewe
Etymology
From Hebrew אָדָם ( adam , “ earth, man, soil, light brown ” ) .
Proper noun
Adam
Adam ( biblical figure )
a male given name
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם ( adam , “ earth, man, soil, light brown ” ) .
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Proper noun
Adam m
Adam ( biblical figure )
a diminutive of the male given names Adanet , Adenot , Adnet , or Adnot
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Adam , from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ ( Adám ) , from Hebrew אָדָם ( ʾāḏām , “ man, soil, light brown ” ) .
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Proper noun
Adam m (proper noun , strong , genitive Adams )
( biblical ) Adam
a male given name ; variant form Adi
Hausa
Etymology
From Arabic آدَم ( ʔādam ) .
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Proper noun
Adàm m
Adam ( biblical character )
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Hebrew אָדָם ( adam , “ earth, man, soil, light brown ” ) .
Proper noun
Adam m
Adam ( biblical figure )
a male given name
Declension
declension of Adam
m-s1
singular
indefinite
nominative
Adam
accusative
Adam
dative
Adam
genitive
Adams
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Italian
Etymology
Alteration of MDMA .
Noun
Adam m (invariable )
( informal ) ecstasy (drug)
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Latin
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ādām m sg (indeclinable )
Adam (Biblical figure)
( New Latin ) a male given name , equivalent to English Adam
Declension
Indeclinable noun, singular only.
Ādām
Ādām
Ādām
Ādām
Ādām
Ādām
References
“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.
Maltese
Etymology
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 ” ) .
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Adam m
Adam
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Middle English
Etymology
From Latin Ādāmus , Ādām , from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ ( Adám ) , Ἄδαμος ( Ádamos ) , from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם ( adam ) .
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Proper noun
Adam
Adam ( Biblical progenitor of humankind ) .
a male given name from Hebrew ; Adam
( with newe or last ) Jesus Christ .
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Norwegian
Etymology
From Hebrew אָדָם ( adam , “ earth, man, soil, light brown ” ) .
Proper noun
Adam
Adam ( biblical figure )
a male given name
Polish
Etymology
From Hebrew אָדָם ( adam , “ earth, man, soil, light brown ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈa.dam/
Rhymes: -adam
Syllabification: A‧dam
Proper noun
Adam m pers (diminutive Adaś )
Adam ( biblical figure )
a male given name , equivalent to English Adam
Declension
Further reading
Adam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Адамъ ( Adamŭ ) .
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Proper noun
Adam m
a male given name
a surname
A village in Drăgușeni , Galați , Romania
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English Adam , from Latin Ādāmus , Ādām , from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ ( Adám ) .
Proper noun
Adam
Adam ( biblical figure )
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Hebrew אָדָם ( adam , “ earth, man, soil, light brown ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ǎdam/
Hyphenation: A‧dam
Proper noun
Àdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀дам )
Adam ( biblical figure )
a male given name
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Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Adam m anim (genitive singular Adama , nominative plural Adamovia , genitive plural Adamov , declension pattern of chlap )
Adam ( biblical figure )
a male given name
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Further reading
“Adam ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aˈdam/
Rhymes: -am
Syllabification: A‧dam
Proper noun
Adam m
Archaic form of Adán ( “ biblical figure ” ) .
1602 , La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina) , Génesis 2:20:Y puso Adam nombres á toda bestia y ave de los cielos y á todoanimal del campo. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; (KJV)
Swedish
Etymology
From Hebrew אָדָם ( adam , “ earth, man, soil, light brown ” ) .
Pronunciation
Interjection
Adam
The letter "A" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Proper noun
Adam c (genitive Adams )
Adam ( biblical figure )
a male given name . Pet form: Adde
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English Adam .
Proper noun
Adam
Adam
1989 , Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin , Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:20 :
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic آدَم ( ʔādam ) .
Proper noun
Adam
a male given name
Walloon
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Proper noun
Adam
( biblical ) Adam
a male given name , equivalent to English Adam