adele

See also: adèle, Adele, and Adèle

English

Etymology

Blend of additive + idele; coined by André Weil.

Noun

adele (plural adeles)

  1. (mathematics) A member of a self-dual topological ring built on the field of rational numbers (or, more generally, any algebraic number field), and involving in a symmetric way all the completions of the field.

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Adele, from some African language (see the English entry for more).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑdele/, [ˈɑde̞le̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑdele
  • Syllabification(key): a‧de‧le

Noun

adele

  1. Adele (language spoken in Ghana and Togo)

Declension

Inflection of adele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative adele
genitive adelen
partitive adelea
illative adeleen
singular plural
nominative adele
accusative nom. adele
gen. adelen
genitive adelen
partitive adelea
inessive adelessa
elative adelesta
illative adeleen
adessive adelella
ablative adelelta
allative adelelle
essive adelena
translative adeleksi
instructive
abessive adeletta
comitative
Possessive forms of adele (type nalle)
possessor singular plural
1st person adeleni adelemme
2nd person adelesi adelenne
3rd person adelensa

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

adele

  1. inflection of adeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first-person plural subjunctive I
    3. third-person singular subjunctive I
    4. singular imperative

Yoruba

Etymology

From à- (nominalizing prefix) + dèlé (to guard the home), literally One who guards the home (until the rightful owner comes).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.dè.lé/

Noun

àdèlé

  1. a regent; (specifically) a female regent (usually the eldest daughter of the deceased monarch) who reigns on the throne until the kingmakers (Afọbajẹ) crown another king.

Derived terms

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