# adem
## Betawi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦝꦼꦩ꧀ (adhem).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adəm/
** Audio (Cakung):(file)
* Rhymes: -əm
* Hyphenation: a‧dem

### Adjective

adem
* cold (having a low temperature)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːdəm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: adem
* Rhymes: -aːdəm

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch âdem, from Old Dutch *āthom, from Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz.

#### Noun

adem m (uncountable)
* breath

##### Alternative forms

* (dialectal) asem
* (obsolete) aâm

##### Derived terms

* adembenemend
* ademen
* ademhalen
* ademnood
* ademtocht

#### Further reading

* “adem” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

adem
* inflection of ademen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* dame, made

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦝꦼꦩ꧀ (adhem, “cold”), from Old Javanese aḍom, aḍĕm.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈadəm/ [ˈa.dəm]
* Rhymes: -adəm
* Syllabification: a‧dem
* Homophone: ADEM

#### Adjective

adêm
* cold
    Synonym: dingin
* cool
    Synonym: sejuk
* patient
* plain
    Synonyms: hambar, tawar

#### Derived terms

* ademan
* keademan
* mengadem
* pengadem
* seadem
* teradem
* adem ayem

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Balinese [Term?]

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈadəm/ [ˈa.dəm]
* Rhymes: -adəm
* Syllabification: a‧dem
* Homophone: ADEM

#### Noun

adêm (plural adem-adem)
* chewing betel nut

### Further reading

* “adem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *āthom, from Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz.

### Noun

âdem m
* breath

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* âdemen

#### Descendants

* Dutch: adem
* Limburgish: aodem, aom

### Further reading

* “adem”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “adem”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ãade, from Latin anatem (“duck”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t-.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.dẽj̃/ [ˈa.dẽɪ̯̃]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.dɐ̃j̃/ [ˈa.ðɐ̃j̃]
* Hyphenation: a‧dem

### Noun

adem m (plural adens)
* mallard (Anas platyrhynchos, a wild species of duck)
    Synonym: pato-real

#### Descendants

* → Macanese: ade

### Further reading

* “adem” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “adem”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “adem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عدم, from Arabic عَدَم (ʕadam).

### Noun

adem (definite accusative ademi, plural ademler)
* (archaic) nonexistence, nothingness, void
* (archaic) lack, absence

#### Declension
### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عدم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 841
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “adem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عدم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1289
* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN