Meanings
ade1
plural ades
- A drink made from a fruit, especially a fizzy one.
If the judgment of the above-mentioned office be correct, in truth, no drink may here be offered to the public as lemonade unless it is made out of fresh fruit! And so with raspberryade and all the other "ades."
1905, American Bottler, volume 25, page 741 more example
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, […]
1895, John G Bourke, Folk-foods of the Rio Grande Valley of Northern Mexico, page 61Synonyms: fruitade
Ade2
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- rareA male given name.
ADE3
plural ADEs
- abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of antibody-dependent enhancement.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Australian disability enterprise (“a form of sheltered workshop”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA drink made from a fruit, especially a fizzy one.
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Origin
Ade · proper noun
The surname derives from medieval forms of Adam or Adrian.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 泡泡, 果汁
- 泡泡 (pàopào)drink made from a fruit
- 果汁 (guǒzhī)drink made from a fruit
Dutch limonade, priklimonade
- limonadedrink made from a fruit
- priklimonadedrink made from a fruit
- frisdrankdrink made from a fruit
Finnish limu (fizzy), hedelmäjuoma
- limu (fizzy)drink made from a fruit
- hedelmäjuomadrink made from a fruit
Japanese エード
- エード (ēdo)drink made from a fruit
Korean 에이드
- 에이드 (eideu)drink made from a fruit
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ade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ade
“ade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ade. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ade.
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