Adidas

See also: adidas

English

Etymology

From the name of its founder, Adolf “Adi” Dassler.

Proper noun

Adidas

  1. The German sports apparel manufacturer adidas AG, formally founded in 1949.

Further reading

Noun

Adidas (plural Adidas or Adidases)

  1. A clothing product of this brand, especially a pair of shoes.
    • 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 and 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.
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