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Adidas
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adidas
English
Etymology
en :bor de:Adidas
From the en de - company name de Adidas, after its founder, Adolf Dassler Adolf “Adi” Dassler.
Pronunciation
en /ˈædiˌdæs/ /əˈdidəs/ and variants
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Adidas.wav US
en Indic /əɖɪˈɖɑs/ /əɖɪˈd̪ɑs/<a:by analogy with the surname das>
Noun
* +
A clothing product made by Adidas, especially a pair of shoes.
en 1986 w:Run-DMC My Adidas Raising Hell (album) Raising Hell My Adidas and me close as can be / We make a mean team, my Adidas and me / We get around together, we're down forever
en 1986 Chris Crutcher Stotan! HarperCollins 0060094923 98 I walked through the door and Jeremy had hung himself from the rafters. A stepladder was kicked over and his Adidas dangled right above my eye level.
en 2007 Anthony Ham; Alison Bing Morocco Lonely Planet 1740599748 45 nobody expects you to wear a headscarf or a Tuareg blue Turban in town – and these days, even Tuaregs wear Adidas.
Related terms
en Adidased
en eponyms
en Clothing
German
Etymology
Named after the company founder Adolf Dassler Adolf „Adi“ Dassler.
Pronunciation
de /ˈadidas/ /ˈaːdidas/
de De-Adidas.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
n,'
Adidas sports apparel manufacturer
Derived terms
de Adilette
Descendants
en Adidas 1, en adidas 1 1
Noun
m:f:n,-,-
a product of this brand
Usage notes
The gender typically mirrors that of the implied common noun; for example, der Adidas for a shoe because of de Schuh m.
Sometimes stylized as lowercase de adidas.
de eponyms
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
From the sv de - company name de Adidas, after its founder, Adolf Dassler Adolf “Adi” Dassler.
Proper noun
sv proper noun
en Adidas (sports apparel manufacturer)
sv en man i Adidasbyxor a man in Adidas pants
Derived terms
sv Adidaskrigare
sv Adidasriddare