yule
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Yule¹
- /juːl/ UK
- /jʉwl/ British, Southern, Standard
- [jʊwl] British, Southern, Standard
- /jul/ US
- /jʉːl/ Australia, New Zealand
- [juːl] Australia, New Zealand
- /jɪʊl/ Wales
- /jʉl/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Sounds like you'll (most accents) · Rhymes with -uːl
Where it comes from
From Middle English yol, youle, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), either cognate with or from Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis); see also Old English ġēola and Old Norse ýlir.
proper noun Yules
- Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ).
- A pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples, or a modern reconstruction of this holiday celebrated by neo-pagans.
- A surname.
interjection
- A proclamation of joy at Christmas. In the Countrey churches, at Christmas in the Holy-daies after Prayers, they will dance in the Church, and as they doe dance, they cry (or sing) Yole, Yole, Yole etc.
yule²
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Yule
Translations
Talk about this word "yule." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yule. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. yule. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yule "yule." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yule.Cite this
@misc{yule_2026,
title = {yule},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yule},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
