Adam's apple

Adam's apple

See also: adamsäpple

English

Etymology

Calque of French pomme d'Adam; so called from an idea that part of the forbidden fruit stuck in the Biblical Adam's throat.

Noun

Adam's apple (plural Adam's apples)

1. (anatomy) The lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence.
2. Tabernaemontana divaricata, a fragrant houseplant native to southeast Asia.
3. A species of banana, Musa × paradisiaca.
4. The citron, Citrus limetta, now Citrus medica.

Synonyms

• (anatomy): laryngeal prominence
• (Tabernaemontana divaricata): crape jasmine, pinwheel flower, Nero's crown, butterfly gardenia, carnation of India, East Indian rosebay, Tabernaemontana coronaria, coffee rose, crepe gardenia

Translations

lump in the throat

Albanian: Molla e Adamit (sq), arrëza e fytit Arabic: تُفَّاحَة آدَم‎ f (tuffāḥat ʾādam), حَرْقَدَة‎ f (ḥarqada) Egyptian Arabic: تفاحة آدم‎ f (tuffaaḥet ʔaadam) Armenian: ադամախնձոր (hy) (adamaxnjor) Azerbaijani: Adəm Alması Belarusian: адамаў яблык n (adamaŭ jablyk), кадык m (kadyk) Bikol Central: kagulkol Breton: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: Ада́мова я́бълка f (Adámova jábǎlka) Catalan: nou del coll (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 喉核 (hau4 wat6-2), 喉欖, 喉榄 (hau4 laam5-2) Mandarin: 喉結 (zh), 喉结 (zh) (hóujié) Cornish: aval briansen m Crimean Tatar: almaçıq, qıqırdaq Czech: ohryzek (cs) m Danish: adamsæble (da) n Dutch: adamsappel (nl) m Esperanto: tireoido Estonian: kõrisõlm Faroese: barkakýli n, barkaknolli m, barkaknøttur m, barkaknetti n Finnish: aataminomena (fi) French: pomme d'Adam (fr) f Galician: noz (gl) f Georgian: ხვანჩი (xvanči), ხორხის მაღლობი (xorxis maɣlobi), ხორხის შვერილი (xorxis šverili), ადამის ვაშლი (adamis vašli) German: Adamsapfel (de) m Alemannic German: Halsbëtzgi n Greek: μήλο του Αδάμ (el) n (mílo tou Adám) Hebrew: גרוגרת‎ (he) f (grogeret) Hindi: टेंटुआ (ṭeṇṭuā), कंठमणि (hi) (kaṇṭhmaṇi) (formal) Hungarian: ádámcsutka (hu) Icelandic: barkakýli (is) n, adamsepli n Indonesian: jakun (id)

Italian: pomo d'Adamo m Japanese: 喉仏 (nodo botoke), 喉頭隆起 (kōtō ryūki) Kavalan: tiquq Khmer: គ្រាប់ពោន (kroap poon) Latin: prominentia laryngea f Lithuanian: Adomo obuolys m, gerklų iškyšulys m Malay: halkum Maori: korirangi, tenga, tane o te kakī, kenakena Mongolian: төвөнх (mn) (tövönh) Norwegian: Bokmål: adamseple (no) n Nynorsk: adamseple n Polish: jabłko Adama (pl) n Portuguese: pomo de Adão m, gogó (pt) m Romani: Kalo Finnish Romani: aadamisko phamb, aadamisko ȟampos Romanian: mărul lui Adam (ro) n Russian: кады́к (ru) m (kadýk), ада́мово я́блоко (ru) n (adámovo jábloko), горта́нный вы́ступ m (gortánnyj výstup) Scottish Gaelic: meall-sgòrnain m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Адамова јабучица f Roman: Adamova jabučica f Sinhalese: උගුරු ඇටය (uguru æṭaya), උගුරු ගැටය (uguru gæṭaya) Spanish: bocado de Adán (es) m, nuez (es) f, nuez de Adán (es) f, manzana de Adán (es) f Swahili: kikoromeo (sw) Swedish: adamsäpple (sv) n Tagalog: gulunggulungan Thai: ลูกกระเดือก (lûuk-grà-dʉ̀ʉak) Turkish: Adem elması (tr) Walloon: gaviote (wa) f Welsh: afal breuant (cy) m Yakut: хабарҕа болчуоҕа (xabarğa bolçuoğa)

Tabernaemontana divaricata

Citrus medica — see citron