See Noel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"3": "Noel",
"4": "",
"5": "Christmas"
},
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"name": "der"
},
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"2": "la",
"3": "natalis",
"4": "nātālis diēs Dominī",
"5": "birthday of the Lord"
},
"expansion": "Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "natal"
},
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"name": "doublet"
}
],
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]
}
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{
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"English dated terms",
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],
"glosses": [
"Christmas."
],
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[
"Christmas",
"Christmas"
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],
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"(literary or dated) Christmas."
],
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}
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/nəʊˈɛl/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
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},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊl"
}
],
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "(literary or old-fashioned) Christmas",
"word": "Natal"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(literary or old-fashioned) Christmas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nollaig"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "noeru",
"sense": "(literary or old-fashioned) Christmas",
"word": "ノエル"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Roždestvó",
"sense": "(literary or old-fashioned) Christmas",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Рождество́"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(literary or old-fashioned) Christmas",
"word": "Noel"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(literary or old-fashioned) Christmas",
"word": "Nadolig"
}
],
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"Noel"
],
"word": "Noel"
}
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"English unisex given names",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 10 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"en:Christmas"
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{
"word": "Noel Park"
}
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
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"args": {
"1": "names"
},
"expansion": "(names):",
"name": "sense"
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{
"args": {
"1": "city in Missouri"
},
"expansion": "(city in Missouri):",
"name": "sense"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "community of Nova Scotia, Canada"
},
"expansion": "(community of Nova Scotia, Canada):",
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}
],
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"form": "Noël",
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"alternative"
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}
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{
"word": "Noela"
},
{
"word": "Noele"
},
{
"word": "Noeleen"
},
{
"word": "Noelle"
},
{
"word": "Noëlle"
}
],
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"categories": [
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"English male given names",
"English male given names from French",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "2009, Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 162:",
"text": "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 might be good for business? I don't know.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A male given name from French."
],
"links": [
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"given name",
"given name"
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]
},
{
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"English female given names",
"English female given names from French",
"English given names"
],
"glosses": [
"A female given name from French."
],
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[
"given name",
"given name"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English surnames",
"English surnames from patronymics"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname originating as a patronymic."
],
"links": [
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"surname",
"surname"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Cities in Missouri, USA",
"en:Cities in the United States",
"en:Places in Missouri, USA",
"en:Places in the United States"
],
"glosses": [
"A city in Missouri."
],
"links": [
[
"Missouri",
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]
],
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{
"word": "Christmas City"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in Canada",
"en:Places in Nova Scotia",
"en:Villages in Canada",
"en:Villages in Nova Scotia"
],
"glosses": [
"A community in Nova Scotia, Canada."
],
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[
"community",
"community"
],
[
"Nova Scotia",
"Nova Scotia#English"
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[
"Canada",
"Canada#English"
]
]
}
],
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{
"enpr": "nō'(ə)l",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnəʊ(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Nuòāi'ěr",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "諾埃爾 /诺埃尔"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Noël"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Nollaig"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "no'el",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "نوئل"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Noel"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Noel",
"Noël Doiron"
],
"word": "Noel"
}
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