Adelaide

See also: Ādéláidé and Adélaïde

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Adélaïde, from Old High German Adalheidis (from adal (“noble”) + -heit (“nature, character”)); doublet of Alice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.də.leɪd/
• (South Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dɜ.læɪ̯d/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ædəleɪd

Proper noun

Adelaide

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages
2. Places named for Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV.
   1. The state capital and largest city in South Australia.
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   2. A river in the Northern Territory, Australia, known for its large population of saltwater crocodiles.
   3. A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Derived terms

• Adelaidean, Adelaidian
• Adelaide Hills
• Adelaide River (town)
• Port Adelaide
• Queen Adelaide (hamlet)

Related terms

• Adela, Adele, Adelina, Adeline, Alice, Alison, Ethel, Heidi

Descendants

• → Greek: Άντελαϊντ (Ántelaïnt)

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: آديلايد f (adīlāīd)
• Catalan: Adelaida (ca) f
• Dutch: Adelheid (nl) f
• Faroese: Aðalheiður f
• Finnish: Aada (fi)
• French: Adélaïde (fr) f
• German: Adelheid (de) f
• Greek: Αδελαΐδα (el) f (Adelaḯda)
• Hungarian: Adél (hu)
• Icelandic: Aðalheiður (is)
• Italian: Adelaide (it)
• Japanese: アデレード (Aderēdo), アデライド (Aderaido)
• Latin: Adelais f
• Marathi: अ‍ॅडलेड f (a‍ĕḍleḍ)
• Norman: Délaïde f
• Occitan: Adelaïda f
• Old English: Æþelhād
• Polish: Adelajda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Adelaide f
• Russian: Аделаи́да (ru) f (Adɛlaída)
• Sicilian: Adilasia f
• Spanish: Adelaida (es) f

state capital of South Australia

• Afrikaans: Adelaide
• Amharic: አደለይድ (ʾädäläyd)
• Arabic: أديلايد f (ʔadīlāīd), أديليد f (ʔadīlīd)
• Armenian: Ադելաիդա (hy) (Adelaida)
• Belarusian: Адэлаі́да f (Adelaída)
• Bulgarian: А́делейд m (Ádelejd)
• Catalan: Adelaida (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿德萊德／阿德莱德 (zh) (Ādéláidé)

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• Dutch: Adelaide (nl) n
• Esperanto: Adelajdo
• Finnish: Adelaide
• French: Adélaïde (fr) f
• Georgian: ადელაიდა (adelaida)
• German: Adelaide (de) n
• Greek: Αδελαΐδα (el) f (Adelaḯda)
• Hawaiian: ʻAkaleka
• Hebrew: אדלייד
• Hindi: एडिलेड (eḍileḍ)
• Icelandic: Adelaide
• Italian: Adelaide (it) f
• Japanese: アデレード (Aderēdo)
• Kaurna: Tarntanya, Tarndanya
• Korean: 애들레이드 (Aedeulleideu)
• Latin: Adelaida f, Adelaidopolis f
• Marathi: अ‍ॅडलेड (a‍ĕḍleḍ)
• Occitan: Adelaïda f
• Persian: آدلاید (âdelâyd)
• Polish: Adelajda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Adelaide f
• Russian: Аделаи́да (ru) f (Adɛlaída)
• Serbo-Croatian: Adelaide m
• Spanish: Adelaida (es) f
• Thai: แอดิเลด (ae-dì-lâyt)
• Turkish: Adelaide
• Ukrainian: Аделаї́да f (Adelajída)

town in Eastern Cape

• Afrikaans: Adelaide
• Dutch: Adelaide (nl) n
• French: Adélaïde (fr) f
• Marathi: अ‍ॅडलेड (a‍ĕḍleḍ)

Italian

Proper noun

Adelaide f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide
2. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈlaj.d͡ʒi/ [a.deˈlaɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈlaj.d͡ʒi/ [a.deˈlaɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈlaj.de/ [a.deˈlaɪ̯.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˈlaj.dɨ/ [ɐ.ðɨˈlaj.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: A‧de‧lai‧de

Proper noun

Adelaide f (plural Adelaides)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide

Proper noun

Adelaide f

1. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Adelaide m (no known Cyrillic variant), f

1. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia)