Adam and Eve

Adam-and-Eve English thumb|250px|upright|"Adam and Eve", by Belgium painter Peter Paul Rubens. Pronunciation en /ædm̩ ænd iːv/ [ˌædm̩ n̩ ˈiːv] GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-Adam and Eve.wav US Proper noun The first man and woman, respectively, according to the Book of Genesis. en Cain and Abel were the sons of Adam and Eve. en 1963 w:Bob Dylan w:Talkin' World War III Blues The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Well, I spied me a girl and before she could leave / I said “Let’s go and play Adam and Eve” en 2004 Paul Collins The Earthborn 71 In his own unique way, he was a radical—him and that sister of his, Lucida. Radicals with inbuilt longevity—a regular Adam and Eve who would add healthy genes to Earth's decaying gene pool. Derived terms en Adam and Steve en Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve en Adam and Eve on a raft en Madam and Eve Translations the first man and woman (according to Genesis) Afrikaans: af Adam en Eva Albanian: sq Adami dhe Eva Arabic: ar آدَم وَحَوَّاء ʔādam wa-ḥawwāʔ Azerbaijani: az Adəm və Həvva Belarusian: be Ада́м і Е́ва p Bulgarian: bg Ада́м и Е́ва p Cebuano: ceb Adan ug Eba Cherokee: chr ᎠᏓᏫ ᎠᎴ ᎢᏫ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞當和伊夫 Yàdāng hé Yīfū, cmn 亞當和夏娃 Yàdāng hé Xiàwá Czech: cs Adam a Eva Danish: da Adam og Eva Dutch: nl Adam en Eva Esperanto: eo Adamo kaj Evo Faroese: fo Ádam og Eva n-p Finnish: fi Aatami ja Eeva French: fr Adam et Ève Frisian: West Frisian: fy Adam en Eva Galician: gl Adán e Eva Georgian: ka ადამი და ევა, ka ადამ და ევა German: de Adam und Eva Gujarati: gu આદમ અને હવા Hebrew: he אדם וחוה adam ve-khawa Hindi: hi आदम और हव्वा Hungarian: hu Ádám és Éva Icelandic: is Adam og Eva n-p Indonesian: id Adam dan Hawa Italian: it Adamo ed Eva Japanese: ja アダムとイヴ Adamu to Ivu Kazakh: kk Адам мен Хауа Khmer: km អាដាមនិងនាងអេវ aadaam nɨng nieng eev Korean: ko ^아담-과 ^하와, ko ^아담-과 ^이브 Lithuanian: lt Adomas ir Ieva Luxembourgish: biblical lb Adam an Eva, in expressions lb Uedem an Éiv Macedonian: mk Адам и Ева Malay: ms Adam dan Hawa Malayalam: ml ആദാമും ഹവ്വായും Maltese: mt Adam u Eva Marathi: mr आदाम आणि हव्वा Nauruan: na Adam me Eva Navajo: nv Adam dóó Eve Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Adam og Eva Nynorsk: nn Adam og Eva Persian: fa آدم و حوا âdam o havvâ Polish: pl Adam i Ewa m-pr f Portuguese: pt Adão e Eva Romanian: ro Adam și Eva Russian: ru Ада́м и Е́ва p Serbo-Croatian: sh Адам и Ева m-p, sh Adam i Eva p Slovak: sk Adam a Eva Slovene: sl Adam in Eva Spanish: es Adán y Eva Swedish: sv Adam och Eva Tagalog: tl Adan at Eba Tamil: ta ஆதாம் ஏவாள், ta ஆதாமும் ஏவாளும் Turkish: tr Adem ile Havva, tr Adem'le Havva, tr Adem ve Havva Ukrainian: uk Ада́м і Є́ва p Uyghur: ug ئادەم ۋە ھەۋۋا Vietnamese: vi Adam và Eve Walloon: wa Adan ey Eve, wa Adan ey Eve Waray-Waray: war Adan ngan Eba Welsh: cy Adda ac Efa Yoruba: yo Ádámù àti Éfà Noun ? en figurative A starting point; a set of ancestors or progenitors. The puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale species). Verb 1 en Cockney rhyming slang transitive To believe. en Would you Adam and Eve it: I’ve only gone an’ lost me wallet, ain’t I? Usage notes Restricted to a few set phrases, such as would you Adam and Eve it?. en coordinated pairs en Biblical characters