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Noel¹
- /nəʊˈɛl/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛl
Where it comes from
From Middle English Nowel, borrowed from Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of nada, natal, Natal, and née.
proper noun Noël · noël · noel · Noyal
- Christmas.
Noel²
- /ˈnəʊ(ə)l/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊl
Where it comes from
* (names): From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide.
* (city in Missouri): Named for brothers Clark Wallace and William Jasper Noel, stockmen and owners of a sawmill.
* (community of Nova Scotia, Canada): Named after its most prominent resident, Noël Doiron.
proper noun Noël · noël · noel · Noyal
- A male given name from French. When Noel came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me Noelle," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me Noel, Noel, the toilet bowl. Although now I have thought of painting that on the side of my van. It mi
- A female given name from French.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
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A city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States.
Similar: Christmas City
- A community in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
NOEL³
noun
- Acronym of no observed effect level
noel⁴
- /nəʊˈɛl/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English nowel, from Anglo-Norman noel, Middle French noel, a variant of nael, from Latin adjective nātālis (“natal, having to do with birth”).
noun noels · noël · nowell · nowel
- A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol. The first Nowell the Angel did say / Was to three poor Shepherds in the fields as they lay[…]
interjection noël · nowell · nowel
- A wish or expression of commemoration of Christmas. And may all my enemies go to hell! / Noël! Noël! Noël! Noël!
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: yuletide, christmastime, yule, christmastide, christmas, xmas, santa, noël, carol, baker, coward, kringle, claus, newell, nativity, wintertide
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name (literary or old-fashioned) Christmas
| 日本語 | ノエル noeru |
|---|---|
| Русский | Рождество́ Roždestvó |
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