"Yule" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

IPA: /juːl/
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: From Middle English yol, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas”), 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yol}} Middle English yol, {{inh|en|ang|ġeōl||Christmas}} Old English ġeōl (“Christmas”), {{lang|da|eng. yule laant fra nordisk}} eng. yule laant fra nordisk, {{cog|non|jól}} Old Norse jól, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*jehwlą}} Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, {{cog|got|𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃}} Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis), {{nc|ang|ġēola}} Old English ġēola, {{nc|non|ýlir}} Old Norse ýlir Head templates: {{en-interj}} Yule
  1. (obsolete) A proclamation of joy at Christmas. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-Yule-en-intj-DUYmup4m Related terms: jolly, blót, Sabbat, Christmas, Samhain (alt: Wiccan Sabbats), Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Midsummer, Lughnasadh, Mabon

Proper name [English]

IPA: /juːl/ Forms: Yules [plural]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: From Middle English yol, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas”), 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yol}} Middle English yol, {{inh|en|ang|ġeōl||Christmas}} Old English ġeōl (“Christmas”), {{lang|da|eng. yule laant fra nordisk}} eng. yule laant fra nordisk, {{cog|non|jól}} Old Norse jól, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*jehwlą}} Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, {{cog|got|𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃}} Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis), {{nc|ang|ġēola}} Old English ġēola, {{nc|non|ýlir}} Old Norse ýlir Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Yule (plural Yules)
  1. Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ). Categories (topical): Christmas, Holidays, Paganism, Wicca Synonyms: Yuill [surname], Yuille [surname] Derived forms: Yulefest, Yule lad, Yule log, Yuletide, Yule tree, Yule wreath Translations (the Christmas season): Joelfees (Afrikaans), Jule (Albanian), Коледа (Koleda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), jul [common-gender] (Danish), Joelfeest (Dutch), Julo (Esperanto), jõulud [plural] (Estonian), jól [neuter, plural] (Faroese), joulu (Finnish), fêtes [plural] (French), Nadal [masculine] (Galician), შობის დღეები (šobis dɣeebi) (Georgian), Julfest [neuter] (German), Jul (German), 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis) [masculine] (Gothic), Χριστούγεννα (Christoúgenna) (Greek), jól [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), jul [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), jul [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), jol [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Jul [masculine] (Polish), Crăciun [neuter] (Romanian), Йоль (Jolʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Navidad [feminine] (Spanish), jul [common-gender] (Swedish), yul bayramı (Turkish), bocuk (Turkish), Юль (Julʹ) (Ukrainian), יולע (yule) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Yule-en-name-cScI3lzJ Disambiguation of Christmas: 30 60 8 3 Disambiguation of Holidays: 19 65 13 3 Disambiguation of Paganism: 28 37 27 7 Disambiguation of Wicca: 29 38 25 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 42 27 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 43 28 4 Disambiguation of 'the Christmas season': 95 3 2
  2. 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. Translations (a pagan wintertime holiday): jul [common-gender] (Danish), julefest [common-gender] (Danish), Julfest [neuter] (German), Jul (German), Йоль (Jolʹ) (Russian), Юль (Julʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Yule-en-name-9qX2NUlp Disambiguation of 'a pagan wintertime holiday': 12 85 3
  3. A surname. Translations (a surname): 尤爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 尤尔 (Yóu'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), Juel (Danish)
    Sense id: en-Yule-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames Disambiguation of 'a surname': 4 5 91

Noun [Scots]

Etymology: From Middle English yol, from Old English ġeōl. See English Yule. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|yol}} Middle English yol, {{inh|sco|ang|ġeōl}} Old English ġeōl, {{m+|en|Yule}} English Yule Head templates: {{head|sco|noun}} Yule
  1. Christmas
    Sense id: en-Yule-sco-noun-oJlI6PYI Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Yule meaning in All languages combined (11.9kB)

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English yol, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas”), 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.",
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          "word": "Ostara"
        },
        {
          "word": "Beltane"
        },
        {
          "word": "Midsummer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lughnasadh"
        },
        {
          "word": "Mabon"
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      "homophone": "you'll"
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      "rhymes": "-uːl"
    }
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}

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      "word": "Yule log"
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      "word": "Yuletide"
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    {
      "word": "Yule tree"
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      "word": "Yule wreath"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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      "expansion": "Old Norse ýlir",
      "name": "nc"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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        [
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          "December"
        ]
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          "holiday",
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        ],
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          "Germanic",
          "Germanic"
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        [
          "Scandinavian",
          "Scandinavian"
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        [
          "Anglo-Saxon",
          "Anglo-Saxon"
        ]
      ]
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        "A surname."
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        [
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          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/juːl/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "you'll"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-uːl"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Yuille"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Joelfees"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Jule"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Koleda",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Коледа"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Joelfeest"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Julo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "jõulud"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "jól"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "joulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "fêtes"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nadal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šobis dɣeebi",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "შობის დღეები"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Julfest"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "jiuleis",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Christoúgenna",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Χριστούγεννα"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "jól"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Crăciun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Jolʹ",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Йоль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Navidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "yul bayramı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "bocuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Julʹ",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Юль"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "yule",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "יולע"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "julefest"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Julfest"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
      "word": "Jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Jolʹ",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
      "word": "Йоль"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Julʹ",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
      "word": "Юль"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a surname",
      "word": "尤爾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yóu'ěr",
      "sense": "a surname",
      "word": "尤尔"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a surname",
      "word": "Juel"
    }
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    "Yule",
    "Yule (surname)"
  ],
  "word": "Yule"
}

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    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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        "2": "𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃"
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    },
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      "word": "Sabbat"
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      "word": "Christmas"
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      "alt": "Wiccan Sabbats",
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    },
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      "word": "Ostara"
    },
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      "word": "Beltane"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "Lughnasadh"
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 5",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A proclamation of joy at Christmas."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) A proclamation of joy at Christmas."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "you'll"
    },
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    }
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        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Yuill"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
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      "word": "Yuille"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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      "categories": [
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Scots nouns",
        "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
        "Scots terms derived from Old English",
        "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
        "Scots terms inherited from Old English"
      ],
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        [
          "Christmas",
          "Christmas"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.