Adele

Borrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele.

• IPA^(key): /əˈdɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Adele (plural Adeles)

1. A female given name.
   • 1833, E. Littell, “On Grand Christian Names”, in The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 211:

     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, and perhaps as beautiful, as Mr. Stuart does Mary and Jane.

Adele

1. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and neighboring Togo.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Adele terms
• Ethnologue entry for Adele, ade

• deale, leade

From French Adèle, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare edel.

• IPA^(key): /aˈdeːlə/
• Rhymes: -eːlə

Adele f (genitive Adele or Adeles, plural Adelen)

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Adele and Adela.

From French Adèle, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare German edel, English athel, Old English æþele.

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɛ.le/, [äˈd̪ɛːle]
• Rhymes: -ɛle

Adele f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Adele and Adela.