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Adele¹

  • /əˈdɛl/

Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Adeles

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. 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, an

Adele²

proper noun

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

adele³

Where it comes from

Blend of additive + idele; coined by André Weil.

noun adeles

  1. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: now, ste, adel, adela, adeline, adaline, adelaide, adie, alesha, adell, adelyn, amelia, adolph, aubree, addie, adah

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"adele." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adele. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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adele. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adele

Chicago

"adele." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adele.

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@misc{adele_2026,
  title = {adele},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adele},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}