Adidas

From the German company name Adidas, after its founder, Adolf “Adi” Dassler.

• IPA^(key): /ˈædiˌdæs/, /əˈdiːdəs/ (and variants)

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Adidas (plural Adidas or Adidases)

1. A clothing product made by Adidas, especially a pair of shoes.
   • 1986, “My Adidas”, in Raising Hell, performed by Run-DMC:

     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

   • 1986, Chris Crutcher, Stotan!, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 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.

   • 2007, Anthony Ham, Alison Bing, Morocco, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 45:

     […] nobody expects you to wear a headscarf or a Tuareg blue Turban in town – and these days, even Tuaregs wear Adidas.

Named after the company founder Adolf „Adi“ Dassler.

• IPA^(key): /ˈadidas/, /ˈaːdidas/

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Adidas n (proper noun, strong, genitive Adidas')

1. Adidas (sports apparel manufacturer)

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• → English: Adidas, → adidas

Adidas m or f or n (strong, genitive Adidas, plural Adidas)

1. a product of this brand

• The gender typically mirrors that of the implied common noun; for example, der Adidas for a shoe because of Schuh m.
• Sometimes stylized as lowercase adidas.

From the German company name Adidas, after its founder, Adolf “Adi” Dassler.

Adidas

1. Adidas (sports apparel manufacturer)

   en man i Adidasbyxor

   a man in Adidas pants

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