Adam
pronunciation
How to pronounce Adam in British English:
UK [ˈædəm]
How to pronounce Adam in American English:
US [ ˈædəm]
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- Noun:
- (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
- Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Word Origin
- Adam
- Adam: Adam’s apple [18] The original apple in question was the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which the serpent in the Garden of Eden tricked Eve into eating, and which she in turn persuaded Adam to eat. It was traditionally believed that a piece of it stuck in Adam’s throat, and so it became an appropriate and convenient metaphor for the thyroid cartilage of the larynx, which protrudes noticeably in men.
- Adam
- masc. proper name, Biblical name of the first man, progenitor of the human race, from Hebrew adam "man," literally "(the one formed from the) ground" (Hebrew adamah "ground"); compare Latin homo "man," humanus "human," humus "earth, ground, soil." To not know (someone) from Adam "not know him at all" is first recorded 1784.
Example
- 1. David fischer : good morning , adam .
- 2. Adam and I worked together at time , inc , and adam has been covering apple .
- 3. Adam wooten is director of translation services at lingotek .
- 4. Adam regards his risk-taking as noble .
- 5. Adam smith never called himself an economist .