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Noël

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See also: noel, Noel, NOEL, Nóel, noël, and Nô-el

English

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Proper noun

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Noël

  1. Alternative spelling of Noel

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French Noël, from Old French Noel, Naël, inherited from Vulgar Latin *notālis, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (birthday of the Lord) with dissimilation of the first -a- to -o-. Doublet of natal.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Noël m

  1. Christmas, Christmas time
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Noel

Noël f

  1. (very rare) a female given name, more common in the form Noëlle

Noël m or f by sense

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Khmer: ណូអែល (nouʼael)
  • Persian: نوئل (no'el)
  • Vietnamese: Nô-en

Interjection

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Noël

  1. (obsolete) huzzah, hurrah (cry of celebration in portrayals of medieval people)
    • 1895, Aloysius Bertrand, Gaspard de la nuit p. 20:
      Le fou propose au sage des questions que celui-ci ne peut résoudre ; et tandis que la populace crie Noël ! — que les palefrois hennissent, que les limiers aboient, que les cors fanfarent, []
      The fool asks the wise questions that he can't answer. Meanwhile, the people shout huzzah!, and the parade horses neigh, and the bloodhounds bark, and the horns sound, []

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French Noel, Naël.

Noun

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Noël m (plural Noëls)

  1. Christmas

Descendants

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