Adele

Adele

See also: adele, adèle, and Adèle

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdɛl/

  Rhymes: -ɛl

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Proper noun

Adele (plural Adeles)

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1833, E. Littell, “On Grand Christian Names”, in The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 211:

     The beauty and simplicity of names are altogether arbitrary: Mary and Elizabeth, and Judith, may suit a taste formed on the Puritan model, that is to say, an English and Scottish taste: the French consider Victoire, Adele, Adriane, or any other such “fanciful and romantic” names, quite as simple, and perhaps as beautiful, as Mr. Stuart does Mary and Jane.

Translations

female given name — see Adela

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Adele

1. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and neighboring Togo.

Translations

language spoken in Ghana and Togo

Adele: Gidire Finnish: adele (fi), adelen kieli Icelandic: adelska (is) f Swahili: Kiadele class ki-vi

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Adele terms
• Ethnologue entry for Adele, ade ⁠

Anagrams

• Edale, deale, leade

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French Adèle, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare edel and Adel.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /aˈdeːlə/
• Rhymes: -eːlə

Proper noun

Adele f (proper noun, genitive Adeles or Adele or Adelens, plural Adelen or Adeles, diminutive Adelchen n)

1. a female given name from French, equivalent to English Adele or Adela
   • 1864, Friedrich Kaiser, Den Bühnen gegenüber als Manuscript gedrukt.   Auf dem Eis' und beim Christbaum. Posse mit Gesang in drei Acten.   (Am 12. November 1864 zum ersten Mal im k. k. priv. Theater an der Wien gegeben und mit Beifall aufgenommen.), p. 4 & p. 32:
     • Marie (zu Adelen). Aber ich denk' doch, wo mein Vater ist –
       Adele (zu Marien). Ich ersuche Sie, mir nicht zu widersprechen, [...]
     • [...] er hat Adelens Spur verfolgt [...]
   • 1873, Prozeß gegen Adele Spitzeder und Genossen. (Fortsetzung.), in: Troppauer Zeitung.   Nr. 167.   Dienstag, den 22. Juli   1873

     Die Erziehung der Adele sei eine gute gewesen, [...] welche großen Einfluß auf Adele hatte.

Declension

Declension of Adele [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Adele	die	Adelen, Adeles
genitive	einer	der	Adeles, Adele, Adelens	der	Adelen, Adeles
dative	einer	der	Adele	den	Adelen, Adeles
accusative	eine	die	Adele	die	Adelen, Adeles

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Adèle, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare German edel, English athel, Old English æþele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɛ.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛle
• Hyphenation: A‧dè‧le

Proper noun

Adele f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adele and Adela

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Walloon

Etymology

Compare French Adèle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈdɛl/

Proper noun

Adele

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adele and Adela