adire

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 […]

Anagrams

• Dirae, aider, aired, deair, idear, irade, redia

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: adirent, adires

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

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.dì.ré/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔà.dɪ̀.ré]

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	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

Anagrams

• aderì, aride, darei, eradi, iarde, iradè, redia

Latin

Verb

adīre

1. present active infinitive of adeō