name
Adele
uh-DEHL
name
1
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
2
A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and neighboring Togo.
noun
1
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.
Word Forms
Adeles plural, adeles plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele.