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.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Adeloidea – superfamily; Adelidae – family; Adelinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Adela reaumurella (green longhorn) – selected species

References

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

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Adela

Wikipedia

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/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Proper noun

Adela

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.

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

References

1. “Adela”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Cebuano

Proper noun

Adela

1. a female given name

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Adela

Wikipedia ^pl

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

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

Declension of Adela

Further reading

• Adela in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎdela/

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Proper noun

Àdela f (Cyrillic spelling А̀дела)

1. a female given name

Declension

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

    Declension of Adela

Further reading

• “Adela”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Adela (prvé meno)

Wikipedia ^sk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈadela]

Proper noun

Adela f

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

Declension

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

Declension of Adela (pattern žena)

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, 2003–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Adela

Wikipedia ^es

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