Adele

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

• IPA^(key): /əˈdɛl/

  Rhymes: -ɛl

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Adele (plural Adeles)

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 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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Adele

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

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• Ethnologue entry for Adele, ade ⁠

• Edale, deale, leade

From French Adèle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑdele/, [ˈɑ̝de̞le̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑdele
• Syllabification^(key): A‧de‧le

Adele

1. a female given name

• Adele is the 404^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 991 female individuals (and as a middle name to 3,309 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Borrowed from French Adèle, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare edel and Adel.

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• IPA^(key): /aˈdeːlə/
• Rhymes: -eːlə

Adele f (proper noun, genitive Adeles or Adele or Adelens, plural Adelen or Adeles, diminutive Adelchen n)

1. a female given name from French, equivalent to English Adele or Adela
   • 1864, Friedrich Kaiser, Den Bühnen gegenüber als Manuscript gedrukt.   Auf dem Eis' und beim Christbaum. Posse mit Gesang in drei Acten.   (Am 12. November 1864 zum ersten Mal im k. k. priv. Theater an der Wien gegeben und mit Beifall aufgenommen.), p. 4 & p. 32:
     • Marie (zu Adelen). Aber ich denk' doch, wo mein Vater ist –
       Adele (zu Marien). Ich ersuche Sie, mir nicht zu widersprechen, [...]
     • [...] er hat Adelens Spur verfolgt [...]
   • 1873, “Prozeß gegen Adele Spitzeder und Genossen. (Fortsetzung.)”, in Troppauer Zeitung.   Nr. 167.   Dienstag, den 22. Juli   1873:

     Die Erziehung der Adele sei eine gute gewesen, [...] welche großen Einfluß auf Adele hatte.

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɛ.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛle
• Hyphenation: A‧dè‧le

Adele f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adele and Adela

Compare French Adèle.

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈdɛl/

Adele

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adele and Adela