adire

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See also: adiré and adirẹ

English

Etymology

From Yoruba àdìrẹ.

Noun

adire (uncountable)

  1. (Nigeria) A type of traditional Yoruba tie-dyed cloth.
    • 1997, O. J. Nwanyanwu, Education for socio-economic & political development in Nigeria, page 250:
      These have contributed immensely to the development of many modem designs that have made adire to become acceptable as dress […]

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

adire

  1. inflection of adirer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Hausa

Etymology

From Yoruba adirẹ.

Pronunciation

Noun

àdìr̃e m (possessed form àdìr̃en)

  1. adire (a type of tie-dyed cloth)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: a‧dì‧re

Verb

adìre (first-person singular present adìsco, first-person singular past historic adìi, past participle adìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, law) to bring legal proceedings before (a court, judge, etc.)
  2. (transitive, law) to legally accept (an inheritance)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive adìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund adèndo
present participle adènte past participle adìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present adìsco adìsci adìsce adiàmo adìte adìscono
imperfect adìvo adìvi adìva adivàmo adivàte adìvano
past historic adìi adìsti adì adìmmo adìste adìrono
future adirò adirài adirà adirémo adiréte adirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present adirèi adirésti adirèbbe, adirébbe adirémmo adiréste adirèbbero, adirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present adìsca adìsca adìsca adiàmo adiàte adìscano
imperfect adìssi adìssi adìsse adìssimo adìste adìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
adìsci adìsca adiàmo adìte adìscano
negative imperative non adìre non adìsca non adiàmo non adìte non adìscano

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Latin

Verb

adīre

  1. present active infinitive of adeō
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