Definitions for ADAMˈæd əm
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Ad•amˈæd əm(n.)
the first man: husband of Eve and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 2:7; 5:1–5.
Category: Bible
James, 1730–94, and his brother Robert, 1728–92, English architects and furniture designers.
Category: Biography
(adj.)of or designating the style of architecture, decoration, and furniture originated by Robert and James Adam, characterized by freely adapted ancient Roman motifs and delicate ornamentation.
Category: Furniture, Architecture
Idioms for Adam:
not know someone from Adam, to be completely unacquainted or unfamiliar with someone.
Category: Idiom
the old Adam, the natural tendency toward sin.
Category: Idiom
A•dam•icəˈdæm ɪk(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
Adam(noun)
(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
Adam, Robert Adam(noun)
Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)
Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug(noun)
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Wiktionary
Adam(ProperNoun)
The first man in the Bible and the Qur'an, said to be the progenitor of the human race.
Adam(ProperNoun)
A male given name.
Adam(ProperNoun)
Original sin or human frailty.
Adam(ProperNoun)
(with second or last) Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
Origin: Adam, Adamus, from Ἀδάμ, Ἄδαμος, from אדם, from אדמה.
Webster Dictionary
Adam(noun)
the name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race
Adam(noun)
"Original sin;" human frailty
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Adam
the first father, according to the Bible, of the human race.
Translations for ADAM
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
Adam(noun)
the pointed part at the front of the neck that moves up and down when one talks or swallows.
- adamsappelAfrikaans
- تُفَّاحَةآدَمArabic
- адамова ябълкаBulgarian
- pomo de AdãoPortuguese (BR)
- ohryzekCzech
- der AdamapfelGerman
- AdamsæbleDanish
- μήλο του Αδάμ, `καρύδι`Greek
- nuezSpanish
- kõrisõlm, aadamaõunEstonian
- سیب آدم؛ برآمدگی جلوی حنجرهFarsi
- Aatamin omenaFinnish
- pomme d'AdamFrench
- פִּיקַת הַגַרגֶרֶתHebrew
- आदि पुरूषHindi
- Adam, jabučica grlaCroatian
- jakunIndonesian
- pomo d'AdamoItalian
- のどぼとけJapanese
- 결후, 후골Korean
- Adomo obuolysLithuanian
- ādamābolsLatvian
- halkumMalay
- adamsappelDutch
- adamsepleNorwegian
- jabłko AdamaPolish
- سیب آدم؛ برآمدگی جلوی حنجرهPersian
- د آدم مڼهPashto
- кадык, адамово яблокоRussian
- Adamovo jablko, ohryzok v krkuSlovak
- Adamova jabučicaSerbian
- adamsäppleSwedish
- ลูกกระเดือกThai
- Adem elması, gırtlak çıkıntısıTurkish
- 喉結Chinese (Trad.)
- адамове яблуко, кадикUkrainian
- کنٹھUrdu
- yết hầuVietnamese
- 喉结Chinese (Simp.)
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