Adela

See also: adela, adelã, Adéla, and Adelą

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Adela f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Adelidae – fairy longhorn moths.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Adela reaumurella (green longhorn)

References

• Adela (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Adela on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Adela on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Latinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”). Compare Old English æþele, English athel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.də.lə/, /əˈdɛ.lə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Proper noun

Adela

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Related terms

Related terms

• Adelaide
• Adele
• Adelina
• Adeline
• Alice
• Aline

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Adéla (cs) f
• Estonian: Teele
• French: Adèle (fr) f
• German: Adele (de) f
• Greek: Αδέλα (el) f (Adéla)
• Hawaiian: ʻAkela
• Hebrew: אדלה f (adela)
• Hungarian: Adél (hu), Adela (hu)
• Italian: Adele (it) f
• Marathi: अडेला f (aḍelā)
• Polish: Adela (pl) f
• Romanian: Adela f
• Spanish: Adela (es) f

See also

• Ethel

Cebuano

Proper noun

Adela

1. a female given name

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Adèle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɛ.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: A‧de‧la

Proper noun

Adela f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adela

Declension

Declension of Adela

	singular	plural
nominative	Adela	Adele
genitive	Adeli	Adeli/Adel
dative	Adeli	Adelom
accusative	Adelę	Adele
instrumental	Adelą	Adelami
locative	Adeli	Adelach
vocative	Adelo	Adele

Further reading

• Adela in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎdela/

Proper noun

Àdela f (Cyrillic spelling А̀дела)

1. a female given name

Declension

    Declension of Adela

	singular	plural
nominative	Adela	Adele
genitive	Adele	Adela
dative	Adeli	Adelama
accusative	Adelu	Adele
vocative	Adelo	Adele
locative	Adeli	Adelama
instrumental	Adelom	Adelama

Further reading

• “Adela”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈadela]

Proper noun

Adela f

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

Declension

Declension of Adela (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	Adela	Adely
genitive	Adely	Adiel
dative	Adele	Adelám
accusative	Adelu	Adely
locative	Adele	Adelách
instrumental	Adelou	Adelami

Derived terms

• Ada
• Adica
• Adina
• Aduša
• Adelka

Further reading

• “Adela”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdela/ [aˈð̞e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: A‧de‧la

Proper noun

Adela f

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdela/ [ʔɐˈd̪ɛː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: A‧de‧la

Proper noun

Adela (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎ)

1. a female given name