adamas

Meaning

1. (declension-3) Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant.
2. (declension-3) Anything which is inflexible, firm or lasting.
3. (declension-3, figuratively) Hard, invincible, unconquerable, unyielding, inexorable, stubborn, intractable.

Concepts

steel

diamond

Synonyms

chalybs

aciarium

Translations

acciaio

acier

Stahl

ατσάλι

χάλυβας

acero

acer

aço

staal

صلب

çelik

فولاذ

pola

diamante

Diamant

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈa.da.maːs]

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), either from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμνάω (damnáō, “conquer”) or of Semitic origin.