Adidas

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈædiˌdæs/, /əˈdiːdəs/ (and variants)
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Adidas

  1. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) The German sports apparel manufacturer adidas AG, formally founded in 1949.

Noun

Adidas (plural Adidas or Adidases)

  1. A clothing product of this brand, 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.

German

Etymology

Named after the company founder Adolf „Adi“ Dassler.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. Adidas (sports apparel manufacturer)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Adidas, adidas

Noun

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

  1. 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 Schuh m.
  • Sometimes stylized as lowercase adidas.

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Adidas

  1. Adidas (sports apparel manufacturer)
    en man i Adidasbyxor
    a man in Adidas pants

Derived terms