adele

Blend of additive +‎ idele; coined by André Weil.

adele (plural adeles)

1. (mathematics) A member of a self-dual topological ring built on the field of rational numbers (or, more generally, any algebraic number field), and involving in a symmetric way all the completions of the field.

• adelic
• adelically

• Edale, deale, leade

From English Adele, from some African language (see the English entry for more).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑdele/, [ˈɑ̝de̞le̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑdele
• Syllabification^(key): a‧de‧le

adele

1. Adele (language spoken in Ghana and Togo)

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adele

1. inflection of adeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first-person plural subjunctive I
   3. third-person singular subjunctive I
   4. singular imperative

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dèlé (“to guard the home”), literally “One who guards the home (until the rightful owner comes)”.

• IPA^(key): /à.dè.lé/

àdèlé

1. a regent; (specifically) a female regent (usually the eldest daughter of the deceased monarch) who reigns on the throne until the kingmakers (Afọbajẹ) crown another king.

• Àdèlé (“title of a regent”)