adrese

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from French adresse, from the verb addresser (“to address”), from Latin ad (“to”) and Vulgar Latin *directiāre, from Latin dīrectus (“straight”), the past particile of dīrigo (“to set straight, to direct”).

• IPA^(key): [adɾɛsɛ]

adrese f (5th declension)

1. address (indication of the location of a person's living place or of an institution's working place)

   adreses maiņa ― change of adress

   paziņot savu adresi ― to notify, inform (someone) of (one's) address

   uzrakstīt adresi uz aploksnes ― to write an address on an envelope

   “kur tu dzīvo?” jautā Millija... Voldis pasacīja adresi ― “where do you live?” Milija asks... Voldis told (her) the address

   Tīrumu ielā desmit, dzīvoklis četri... vai tikai pareizi atcerējās adresi? ― Field Street 10, apartment 4... did he remember the adress right?

2. address (a solemn greeting or speech at a special occasion)

   pasniegt jubilāram adresi ― to give the anniversary address

• adresēt