name
Meaning 1
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Adele
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Pronunciation
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/əˈdɛl/
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rhymes with -ɛl
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 D EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and neighboring Togo.
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noun
Meaning 3
An infinite sequence consisting of a real number and a p-adic number for every prime number p, such that all but finitely many of them are p-adic integers. More generally, a member of a self-dual topological ring built on any algebraic number field, and involving in a symmetric way all the completions of the field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele.
Blend of additive + idele; coined by André Weil.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Adele: Gidire — language spoken in Ghana and Togo
- Finnish: adele — language spoken in Ghana and Togo
- Finnish: adelen kieli — language spoken in Ghana and Togo
- Icelandic: adelska — language spoken in Ghana and Togo
- Marathi: आडेले (āḍele) — language spoken in Ghana and Togo
- Swahili: Kiadele — language spoken in Ghana and Togo
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