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Word

adele

Phoneticsadele

/əˈdɛɫ/

Definitions

01female name

A1

n. a common name for a girl or woman, originally from German.

n. a female given name of Germanic origin, meaning noble.

“Adele is a very famous singer known for her powerful voice.”

“The name Adele saw a significant resurgence in popularity across English-speaking countries during the early twenty-first century.”

02mathematical ring

C2 · Math

n. a very advanced math concept used to study numbers and their properties.

n. an element of the adele ring, which is a self-dual topological ring involving all completions of an algebraic number field.

“The professor explained how adeles help mathematicians solve complex number problems.”

“The theory of adeles and ideles provides a powerful framework for modern class field theory and the study of automorphic representations.”

Technical

Usage

Usually used in the plural form 'adeles' when referring to the elements of the ring.

03West African language

C2

n. a language spoken by people in Ghana and Togo.

n. a Kwa language belonging to the Niger-Congo family, spoken primarily in the central border region of Ghana and Togo.

“Researchers traveled to Togo to document the unique sounds of the Adele language.”

“Linguistic surveys indicate that Adele maintains a complex system of noun classes typical of many languages in the Ghana-Togo Mountain group.”

Technical

Synonyms

Gidire

Etymology

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

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Domain

Mathematics

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