Adela

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Adela f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Adelidae – fairy longhorn moths.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Adeloidea – superfamily; Adelidae – family; Adelinae – subfamily

• (genus): Adela reaumurella (green longhorn) – selected species

• Adela (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Adela on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Adela on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”). Compare Old English æþele, English athel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.də.lə/, /əˈdɛ.lə/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Adela

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.

• Ethel

Adela f

1. a female given name

Adela

1. a female given name

Borrowed from French Adèle.

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɛ.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: A‧de‧la

Adela f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adela

• Adela in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ǎdela/

Àdela f (Cyrillic spelling А̀дела)

1. a female given name

• “Adela”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

• IPA^(key): [ˈadela]

Adela f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adele or Adela

• Ada
• Adica
• Adina
• Aduša
• Adelka

• “Adela”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /aˈdela/ [aˈð̞e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: A‧de‧la

Adela f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adela or Adele

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdela/ [ʔɐˈd̪ɛː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: A‧de‧la

Adela (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎ)

1. a female given name