Adidas
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See also: adidas
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the German company name Adidas, after its founder, Adolf “Adi” Dassler.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Adidas
- (Should we delete(+) this sense?) The German sports apparel manufacturer adidas AG, formally founded in 1949.
Noun
[edit]Adidas (plural Adidas or Adidases)
- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after the company founder Adolf „Adi“ Dassler.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Adidas n (proper noun, strong, genitive Adidas')
- Adidas (sports apparel manufacturer)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]Adidas m or f or n (strong, genitive Adidas, plural Adidas)
- a product of this brand
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the German company name Adidas, after its founder, Adolf “Adi” Dassler.
Proper noun
[edit]Adidas
- Adidas (sports apparel manufacturer)
- en man i Adidasbyxor
- a man in Adidas pants
Derived terms
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