adidas

See also: Adidas

English

Etymology

From the German company name Adidas. The sense is most likely due to the association made with chicken feet and Adidas shoes. Compare Cebuano adidas and Tagalog adidas.

Noun

adidas (uncountable)

1. (Philippines, informal) chicken feet, skewered and grilled, sold as street food

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Adidas, from the German company name Adidas, after its founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler. The sense is most likely due to the association made with chicken feet and Adidas shoes.

Noun

adidas

1. (informal) adidas (food)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Adidas. Genericized trademark. First attested in 1969.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdi.das/

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• Rhymes: -idas
• Syllabification: a‧di‧das

Noun

adidas m inan

1. (informal) sneaker (leisure shoe, often worn for sports; trainer)

Declension

Declension of adidas

	singular	plural
nominative	adidas	adidasy
genitive	adidasa	adidasów
dative	adidasowi	adidasom
accusative	adidasa	adidasy
instrumental	adidasem	adidasami
locative	adidasie	adidasach
vocative	adidasie	adidasy

Further reading

• adidas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• adidas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• adidas in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

From German Adidas, a trademark.

Noun

adidas m (plural adidași)

1. sneaker, trainer

Declension

Declension of adidas

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) adidas	adidasul	(niște) adidași	adidașii
genitive/dative	(unui) adidas	adidasului	(unor) adidași	adidașilor
vocative	adidasule		adidașilor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Adidas, from the German company name Adidas, after its founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler. The sense is most likely due to the association made with chicken feet and Adidas shoes.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧di‧das
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdidas/, [ʔɐˈdi.dɐs]

Noun

adidas

1. (informal) adidas (chicken feet sold as street food)
2. (informal, slang) daddy; dad; father

Further reading

• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[2], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 2