Ade
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A drink made from a fruit, especially a fizzy one.
"To come to the tables or stands: they were loaded with chocolate, coffee, agua de miel, pulque, mescal, orchatas of several kinds, all the lemon and other "ades" already described, as well as all the cakes and candies, […]"
- 2 Initialism of adverse drug effect. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice wordnet
- 4 Initialism of antibody-dependent enhancement. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 Initialism of Australian disability enterprise (“a form of sheltered workshop”). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 A surname transferred from the given name.
- 2 A male given name. rare
Example
More examples"In the evening light, the sandstone façade of the Romanesque basilica lit up with an unexpected splendour of colours."
Etymology
The surname derives from medieval forms of Adam or Adrian.
Back-formation from lemonade, orangeade, etc.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.