English Explanatory Dictionary

Adam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. Original sin or human frailty.
  4. Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
  5. Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
  6. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
  7. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
  8. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
  9. A German surname originating as a patronymic.
  10. The drug ecstasy.
noun
  1. The day or night before an eve; two days or nights before a holiday, most commonly Christmas.

Pronunciation

/ˈæd.əm/ en-uk-Adam.ogg [ˈæɾm̩] [ˈæɾəm] /ˈɛd.əm/

Word forms

Adam Adams McAdam McAdams McCaw MacAdam MacAdams MacCaw

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmlbor. Old English Adam Middle English Adam English Adam 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”).

Related words

Acheson Adams Adamson Adcock Addams Addey Addie Addis Addison Addy Addyman Ade Ades Adey Adie Adkin Adkins Adnett Adnitt Aicken Aiken Aikens Aikin Aikins Aitchison Aitken Aitkens Aitkin Aitkins Atcheson Atkin Atkins Atkinson Baddams Hadcock Haddy Keddie Keddy Kiddie Kiddy Macadam MacAdams MacCaw McAdams McAdie McCaw McGaw McKeggie Megaw Eve Edom Esau

Derived words

Adam and Eve Adam and Steve Adamesque Adamhood Adamian Adamic Adamical Adamish Adamite Adamitism Adamless Adam-ondi-Ahman Adam's ale Adam's apple Adam's Bridge Adam's flannel Adam's morsel Adam's needle Adam's Peak Adamstown Adam's wine apple of Adam as old as Adam old as Adam Atkin Charlton Adam Christmas Adam co-Adamite not know someone from Adam Old Adam pre-Adamite pre-Adamitism since Adam was a boy

Translations

Albanian: Adam Albanian: Adham Albanian: Adem Albanian: Adami Albanian: Adhami Albanian: Ademi Amharic: አዳም Arabic: آدَم Arabic: ءَادَم Aramaic: אדם Aramaic: ܐܕܡ Aramaic: ܐܖܡ Armenian: Ադամ Old Armenian: Ադամ Assamese: আদম Bashkir: Әҙәм Bengali: আদম Bulgarian: Ада́м Bulgarian: Ада́мов Burmese: အာဒန် Catalan: Adam Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏫ Chinese Cantonese: 亞當 /亚当 Chinese: Адан Chinese Mandarin: 亞當 /亚当 Chinese Mandarin: 阿丹 Coptic: ⲁⲇⲁⲙ Cornish: Adam Czech: Adam Danish: Adam Dutch: Adam Esperanto: Adamo Estonian: Aadam Faroese: Ádam Finnish: Aadam Finnish: Aatamila French: Adam Old French: Adan Old French: Adam Galician: Adán German: Adam Gothic: 𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌼 Greek: Αδάμ Ancient Greek: Ἀδάμ Gujarati: આદમ Hausa: Adamu Hawaiian: ʻAdamu Hebrew: אָדָם Hindi: आदम Hungarian: Ádám Icelandic: Adam Indonesian: Adam
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