adele
/əˈdɛl/
adele noun: an infinite sequence consisting of a real number and a p-adic number for every prime number p, such that all but finitely many of them are p-adic integers. More generally, a member of a self-dual topological ring built on any algebraic number field, and involving in a symmetric way all the completions of the field.
Noun
adele (plural adeles)
- An infinite sequence consisting of a real number and a p-adic number for every prime number p, such that all but finitely many of them are p-adic integers. More generally, a member of a self-dual topological ring built on any algebraic number field, and involving in a symmetric way all the completions of the field.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Adele
Adele (plural Adeles)
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- 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...1833, E. Littell, “On Grand Christian Names”, in The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 211
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Adele
Adele
adele meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
adele in Hindi
- एडेले, अडेले, अदेले
adele in Tamil
- அடேல், அடேலே
adele in Marathi
- एडेले, अॅडेल, अडेले
adele in Urdu
- ایڈیل, اڈیلی, اڈیل
More languagesFewer languages
- adele in Bengali
- অ্যাডেল, অ্যাডেলে
- adele in Telugu
- అడిలే, అడిలె, అడెలె
- adele in Malayalam
- അഡെലെ, അഡെലി
- adele in Kannada
- ಅಡೆಲೆ, ಆಡೆಲೆ
- adele in Punjabi
- ਅਡੈਲ, ਅਡੇਲ, ਅਡੇਲੇ
- adele in Gujarati
- એડેલે, એડેલ
- adele in Odia
- ଆଡେଲେ, ଆଦେଲେ, ଆଡେଲ୍
- adele in Nepali
- एडेले, अडेले, एडेल
Forms of adele
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | adeles |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Adeles |
Origin of adele
Blend of additive + idele; coined by André Weil.
Borrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele.
Words that rhyme with adele
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hell
- hotel
- repel
- smell
- cartel
- dell
- pell
- quell
- as well
- au naturel
- dwell
- expel
- fell
- gel
- La Rochelle
- lol
- oversell
- stell
- wel
- ABDL
- dispel
- ell
- kell
- knell
- mell
- personnel
- quenelle
- snell
- undersell
- yell
- belle
- death knell
- del
- farewell
- flotel
- foretell
- gazelle
- impel
- mademoiselle
- marcel
- mel
- morell
- Moselle
- motel
- NFL
- overswell
- propel
- pucelle
Questions about adele
- What does adele mean?
- Adele means an infinite sequence consisting of a real number and a p-adic number for every prime number p, such that all but finitely many of them are p-adic integers. More generally, a member of a self-dual topological ring built on any algebraic number field, and involving in a symmetric way all the completions of the field.
- What is adele in Hindi?
- Adele in Hindi is एडेले, अडेले, अदेले. See Adele meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is adele?
- Adele can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce adele?
- Adele is pronounced /əˈdɛl/.
- What is the plural of adele?
- The plural of adele is adeles.
Words near adele in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: adele (page history and authors); Adele (page history and authors); adele (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adele (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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