"Yule" meaning in English

See Yule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /juːl/, /jʉl/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Yule.wav
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yol}} Middle English yol, {{inh|en|ang|ġeōl||Christmas, Yule}} Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), {{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 Categories (topical): Paganism, Wicca
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Proper name

IPA: /juːl/, /jʉl/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Yule.wav Forms: Yules [plural]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yol}} Middle English yol, {{inh|en|ang|ġeōl||Christmas, Yule}} Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), {{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)
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  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. Categories (topical): Paganism, Wicca Translations (a pagan wintertime holiday): jul [common-gender] (Danish), julefest [common-gender] (Danish), Julfest [neuter] (German), Jul (German), Йоль (Jolʹ) (Russian), Юль (Julʹ) (Ukrainian)
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  3. A surname. Translations (a surname): 尤爾 /尤尔 (Yóu'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), Juel (Danish)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Yulefest"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yule lad"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yule log"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yuletide"
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    {
      "word": "Yule tree"
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      "word": "Yule wreath"
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    {
      "ipa": "/juːl/"
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      "ipa": "/jʉl/",
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      "homophone": "you'll (most accents)"
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      "word": "Yuill"
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      "word": "Yuille"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Joelfees"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Jule"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Koleda",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Коледа"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "jul"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Joelfeest"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Julo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "word": "jõulud"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "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"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Julfest"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "Jul"
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      "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"
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      "word": "jul"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jul"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Crăciun"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Jolʹ",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Йоль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Navidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "jul"
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    {
      "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"
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    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "yule",
      "sense": "the Christmas season",
      "word": "יולע"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jul"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
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      "word": "julefest"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
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      "word": "Julfest"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
      "word": "Jul"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "Jolʹ",
      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
      "word": "Йоль"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "a pagan wintertime holiday",
      "word": "Юль"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yóu'ěr",
      "sense": "a surname",
      "word": "尤爾 /尤尔"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "Juel"
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    "Yule (surname)"
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      "word": "jolly"
    },
    {
      "word": "blót"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sabbat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Christmas"
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    {
      "alt": "Wiccan Sabbats",
      "word": "Samhain"
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    {
      "word": "Imbolc"
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    {
      "word": "Ostara"
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    {
      "word": "Beltane"
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      "word": "Midsummer"
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    {
      "word": "Lughnasadh"
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      "word": "Mabon"
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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.",
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        "A proclamation of joy at Christmas."
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        "(obsolete) A proclamation of joy at Christmas."
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      "ipa": "/jʉl/",
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      "homophone": "you'll (most accents)"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
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      "word": "Yuill"
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      "tags": [
        "surname"
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      "word": "Yuille"
    }
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}

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