Adele
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)
- A female given name.
- 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.
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Translations
female given name — see Adela
Translations
See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Adele terms
- Ethnologue entry for Adele, ade
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdeːlə/
- Rhymes: -eːlə
Proper noun
Adele f (genitive Adele or Adeles, plural Adelen)
- A female given name, equivalent to English Adele and Adela.
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
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