adidas

See also: Adidas

English

Etymology

From the German company name Adidas. The sense is most likely due to the association made with chicken feet and Adidas shoes. Compare Cebuano adidas and Tagalog adidas.

Noun

adidas (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines, informal) chicken feet, skewered and grilled, sold as street food
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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Adidas, from the German company name Adidas, after its founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler. The sense is most likely due to the association made with chicken feet and Adidas shoes.

Noun

adidas

  1. (informal) adidas (food)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Adidas. Genericized trademark. First attested in 1969.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈdi.das/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -idas
  • Syllabification: a‧di‧das

Noun

adidas m inan

  1. (informal) sneaker (leisure shoe, often worn for sports; trainer)

Declension
Declension of adidas
singular plural
nominative adidas adidasy
genitive adidasa adidasów
dative adidasowi adidasom
accusative adidasa adidasy
instrumental adidasem adidasami
locative adidasie adidasach
vocative adidasie adidasy

References
  1. Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading
  • adidas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • adidas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • adidas in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

From German Adidas, a trademark.

Noun

adidas m (plural adidași)

  1. sneaker, trainer

Declension
Declension of adidas
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) adidas adidasul (niște) adidași adidașii
genitive/dative (unui) adidas adidasului (unor) adidași adidașilor
vocative adidasule adidașilor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Adidas, from the German company name Adidas, after its founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler. The sense is most likely due to the association made with chicken feet and Adidas shoes.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧di‧das
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈdidas/, [ʔɐˈdi.dɐs]

Noun

adidas

  1. (informal) adidas (chicken feet sold as street food)
  2. (informal, slang) daddy; dad; father

Further reading
  • Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 2
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