Adam's apple

adamsäpple English Etymology en la pomum Adami, which is found in the botanical sense from 1560 and 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 (see 1662 citation). Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Adam's apple.wav Southern England Noun en anatomy The lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence. en Adam's morsel apple apple of Adam laryngeal prominence goozle en 1662 Nicholas Culpeper; Abdiah Cole Bartholinus Anatomy https://archive.org/details/b30333696/page/122/mode/2up? Peter Cole London 123 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 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] Thomas Bartholin 1651 He was seated some way down a table at right angles to the one at which I sat, a man of mean appearance with a greyish complexion, thin, with a square nose, a heavy wiry moustache and a big Adam's apple sticking out between the wings of his collar. 42–43 43 The thickness of his wrist and the greatness of his fingers made authentic the mighty frame of him hidden under loose dungaree pants and cotton shirt, buttonless, open from midriff to Adam’s apple, exposing a chest matted with a thatch of hair as white as that of his head and face. A barber shop and pool room. A man in shirt sleeves, presumably Del Snafflin the proprietor, shaving a man who had a large Adam's apple. en-GB Stuart Heritage Stranger Things season five vol 2 review – the fact that this isn’t unbearable is a miracle The Guardian 2025-12-26 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/26/stranger-things-season-five-vol-2-review 0261-3077 And our young – well, youngish, since the male cast is now 90% Adam’s apple – heroes have to stop him. Any member of the species Tabernaemontana divaricata species of fragrant houseplants, native to southeast Asia. en crape jasmine pinwheel flower Nero's crown butterfly gardenia carnation of India East Indian rosebay Tabernaemontana coronaria species coffee rose crepe gardenia Any of hybrid species Musa × paradisiaca nothospecies, of cultivated bananas. A citron (Citrus limetta species, syn. of Citrus medica species). en 1597 John Gerarde The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes https://archive.org/details/herballorgeneral00gera_1/page/1280/mode/2up John Norton London 1281 The fourth [name of the citron] is named of diuers Pomum Assyrium, or Citron of Assyria, and may be Englished Adams apple, after the Italian name, and among the vulgar sort of Italians Lomie, of whom it is also called Pomum Adami, or Adams apple, and that came by the opinion of the commom rude people, who thinke it to be the same Apple, of which Adam did eate in Paradise when he transgressed Gods commandement Translations lump in the throat Albanian: sq Molla e Adamit, sq arrëza e fytit Arabic: ar تُفَّاحَة آدَم f tuffāḥat ʔādam, ar حَرْقَدَة f Egyptian Arabic: arz تفاحة آدم f tuffāḥet ʔādam Gulf Arabic: afb تفاحة آدم f tuffāḥat ādam Armenian: hy ադամախնձոր Azerbaijani: az Adəm Alması Bashkir: ba күмәгәй Belarusian: be адамаў яблык n, be кадык m Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl kagulkol Breton: br Bulgarian: bg Ада́мова я́бълка f Catalan: ca nou del coll f, ca garganxó m Chechen: ce логан шад Chinese: Cantonese: yue 喉核 hau4 wat6-2, yue 喉欖 hau4 laam2 Mandarin: cmn 喉結 hóujié Cornish: kw aval briansen m Crimean Tatar: crh almaçıq, crh qıqırdaq Czech: cs ohryzek m Danish: da adamsæble n Dutch: nl adamsappel m Esperanto: eo tireoido Estonian: et kõrisõlm Faroese: fo barkakýli n, fo barkaknolli m, fo barkaknøttur m, fo barkaknetti n Finnish: fi aataminomena French: fr pomme d'Adam f Frisian: West Frisian: fy adamsapel Galician: gl noz f, gl nó da gorxa, gl mazá de Adán Georgian: ka ხვანჩი, ka ხორხის მაღლობი, ka ხორხის შვერილი, ka ადამის ვაშლი German: de Adamsapfel m Alemannic German: gsw Halsbëtzgi n Greek: el μήλο του Αδάμ n Ancient Greek: grc πρόλοβος m Haitian Creole: ht pòmdadan Hebrew: he גרוגרת f grogeret Hindi: hi टेंटुआ, hi कंठमणि kaṇṭhmaṇi formal Hungarian: hu ádámcsutka Icelandic: is barkakýli n, is adamsepli n Ilocano: ilo ammutil Indonesian: id jakun, id lekum Ingrian: izh kulkkumuna, izh kulkkusolmi Irish: ga úll na brád m Italian: it pomo d'Adamo m Japanese: ja 喉仏 nodo botoke, ja 喉頭隆起 kōtō ryūki Javanese: jv kalamenjing ngoko & krama Kanakanabu: xnb tanukura Kavalan: ckv tiquq Khmer: km គ្រាប់ពោន kroap poon Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr sêva Adem f Latin: la prominentia laryngea f Lithuanian: lt Adomo obuolys m, lt gerklų iškyšulys m Lun Bawang: lnd terangok Macedonian: mk Ада́мово ја́болко n, mk ја́болкце n Malay: ms halkum Māori: mi korirangi, mi tenga, mi tane o te kakī, mi kenakena Marathi: mr कंठमणी m, mr घाटी m Mongolian: mn төвөнх Navajo: nv azooł dah dijoolígíí Norwegian: Bokmål: nb adamseple n Nynorsk: nn adamseple n Polish: pl jabłko Adama n, pl grdyka f Portuguese: pt pomo de Adão m, pt maçã de Adão f Romani: Kalo Finnish Romani: rmf aadamisko phamb, rmf aadamisko ȟampos Romanian: ro mărul lui Adam n Russian: ru кады́к m, ru ада́мово я́блоко n, ru горта́нный вы́ступ m Scottish Gaelic: gd meall-sgòrnain m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Адамова јабучица f Latin: sh Adamova jabučica f Sicilian: scn pumu d'Adamu m Sinhalese: si උගුරු ඇටය, si උගුරු ගැටය Slovak: sk ohryzok m, sk Adamovo jablko n Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb jabłuško n Upper Sorbian: hsb wohryzk m Spanish: es bocado de Adán m, es nuez f, es nuez de Adán f, es manzana de Adán f Swahili: sw kikoromeo Swedish: sv adamsäpple n Tagalog: tl gulung-gulungan Tauya: tya atowai Thai: th ลูกกระเดือก Turkish: tr âdemelması, tr boğurdak Ukrainian: uk ада́мове я́блуко n, uk кади́к m, uk борла́к m Vietnamese: vi lồi thanh quản Walloon: wa gaviote f Welsh: cy afal breuant m Yakut: sah хабарҕа болчуоҕа Tabernaemontana divaricata Bulgarian: bg Swedish: sv fjärilsgardenia c Citrus medica citron en eponyms terms derived from the Bible en Citrus subfamily plants Dogbane family plants Zingiberales order plants Body parts