adidas

== English == === Etymology === Genericized trademark 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === adidas (uncountable) (Philippines, informal) chicken feet, skewered and grilled, sold as street food == Cebuano == === Etymology === Borrowed from English adidas, a genericized trademark of 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 (informal) adidas (food) == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Adidas. Genericized trademark. First attested in 1969. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈdi.das/ Rhymes: -idas Syllabification: a‧di‧das === Noun === adidas m inan (informal) sneaker (leisure shoe, often worn for sports; trainer) ==== Declension ==== === References === === 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 === Borrowed from German Adidas, a trademark. === Noun === adidas m (plural adidași) sneaker, trainer (slang) pig's trotter ==== Declension ==== == Tagalog == === Etymology === Genericized trademark from English Adidas, from the German company name Adidas, after its founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler. The sense “chicken feet” is most likely due to the resemblance with the 1970s Adidas striped trefoil logo, now used for Adidas Originals. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈdidas/ [ʔɐˈd̪iː.d̪ɐs] Rhymes: -idas Syllabification: a‧di‧das === Noun === adidas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜇᜐ᜔) (colloquial) adidas (chicken feet sold as street food) (back slang) daddy; dad; father === Further reading === “adidas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “adidas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 2