adire

See also: adiré and adirẹ

English

Etymology

From Yoruba àdìrẹ.

Noun

adire (uncountable)

  1. (Nigeria) A type of traditional Yoruba tie-dyed cloth.
    • 1997, O. J. Nwanyanwu, Education for socio-economic & political development in Nigeria, page 250:
      These have contributed immensely to the development of many modem designs that have made adire to become acceptable as dress []

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

adire

  1. inflection of adirer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Hausa

Etymology

From Yoruba adirẹ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔà.dì.ré/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔà.dɪ̀.ré]

Noun

àdìr̃e m (possessed form àdìr̃en)

  1. adire (a type of tie-dyed cloth)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: a‧dì‧re

Verb

adìre (first-person singular present adìsco, first-person singular past historic adìi, past participle adìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, law) to bring legal proceedings before (a court, judge, etc.)
  2. (transitive, law) to legally accept (an inheritance)

Conjugation

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Latin

Verb

adīre

  1. present active infinitive of adeō
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