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

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
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• Icelandic: adelska (is) f
• Swahili: Kiadele class ki-vi

See also

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

Anagrams

• deale, leade

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German

Etymology

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 (genitive Adele or Adeles, plural Adelen)

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

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɛ.le/, [äˈd̪ɛːle]
• Rhymes: -ɛle

Proper noun

Adele f

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