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Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Noun
adamseple n (definite singular adamseplet, indefinite plural adamsepler, definite plural adamsepla or adamseplene)
- an Adam's apple (lump in a man's larynx, showing at the front of the neck)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adam + eple. Through French, calque of Medieval Latin pomum adami (“Adam's apple”).
Noun
adamseple n (definite singular adamseplet, indefinite plural adamseple, definite plural adamsepla)
- an Adam's apple (as above)
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