Adam
+
apple
→
Adam's apple
24 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 45985) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Albanian | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + molla | |
| lexeme 2 | molla e Adamit | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 45984) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam (Ադամ) + xnjor (խնձոր) | |
| lexeme 2 | adamaxnjor (ադամախնձոր) | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 45952) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme 1 | Адам + ябълка | |
| lexeme 2 | адамова ябълка | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | RNBE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 45963) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + æble | |
| lexeme 2 | adamsæble | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 45964) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + appel | |
| lexeme 2 | adamsappel | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | HWNF | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 45903) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + apple | |
| lexeme 2 | Adam's apple | |
| meaning 1 | the first man and the progenitor of the human race + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | the lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence | That same bunch which is seen on the foreside of the Neck, is called Adams Apple, because the common people have a beliefe, that by the judgement of God, a part of that fatal Apple, abode sticking in Adams Throat, and is so communicated to his posterity [1662 [1651], Nicholas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole, transl., Bartholinus Anatomy, London: Peter Cole, translation of Protuberantia illa in collo anterius conspicua, dicitur Pomum Adami; [quia vulgo persuasum in Adami faucibus pomi fatalis partem ex pœna Divina remansisse, & ad posteros translatam] by Thomas Bartholin, page 123 https://archive.org/details/b30333696/page/122/mode/2up? ] |
| reference | OED English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 45965) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme 1 | aatamin + omena | |
| lexeme 2 | aataminomena | |
| meaning 1 | Adam's + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 45966) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + pomme | |
| lexeme 2 | pomme d'Adam | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 45901) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Georgian | |
| lexeme 1 | ადამი (adami) + vašli (ვაშლი) | |
| lexeme 2 | adamis vašli (ადამის ვაშლი) | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 45900) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + apfel | |
| lexeme 2 | Adamsapfel | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 45972) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + epli | |
| lexeme 2 | adamsepli | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | ISLEX | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 45973) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme 1 | Adamo + pomo | |
| lexeme 2 | pomo d'Adamo | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + (rare) apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 45902) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + pomum | |
| lexeme 2 | pomum Adami | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 45974) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Macedonian | |
| lexeme 1 | Адам + јаболко | |
| lexeme 2 | Адамово јаболко | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 45969) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme 1 | μήλο + Αδάμ | |
| lexeme 2 | μήλο του Αδάμ | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | DSMG | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 45986) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Modern Written Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | ʔādam- (آدَم) + tuffāḥ-at- (تُفَّاحَة) | |
| lexeme 2 | tuffāḥ-at-u ʔādam-in (تُفَّاحَة آدَم) | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | Baranov: I 102 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 45977) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + eple | |
| lexeme 2 | adamseple | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | Bokmål and Nynorsk |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 45978) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + jabłko | |
| lexeme 2 | jabłko Adama | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | WSJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 45976) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme 1 | Adão + maçã | |
| lexeme 2 | maçã de Adão | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | DPLP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 45979) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme 1 | Adão + pomo | |
| lexeme 2 | pomo de Adão | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + (botany) pome | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | DPLP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 45904) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + măr | |
| lexeme 2 | mărul lui Adam | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | MDA2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 45981) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | Adán + manzana | |
| lexeme 2 | manzana de Adán | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (Latin America) Adam's apple | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 45982) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme 1 | Adam + äpple | |
| lexeme 2 | adamsäpple | |
| meaning 1 | Adam + apple | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Adam's apple | |
| reference | SAOB | |
| comment | ||
Latin pomum Adami is found in the anatomical sense from 1600. According to the earliest sources, the anatomical usage derives from a common belief that Adam was punished by God for the fall of man by having a piece of the forbidden fruit lodged in his throat