noel

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

English

Alternative forms

• noël
• nowell
• nowel

Etymology

From Middle English nowel, from Anglo-Norman noel, Middle French noel, a variant of nael, from Latin adjective nātālis (“natal, having to do with birth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nəʊˈɛl/

Noun

noel (plural noels)

1. A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.

Anagrams

• lone, Leno, leno, neol., Léon, one L, Nole, Leon, nole, Elno, elon, enol, Elon, León

Old French

Etymology

A variant of nael, from the Latin adjective nātālis (“natal, having to do with birth”).

Noun

noel oblique singular, m (oblique plural noeaus or noeax or noiaus or noiax or noels, nominative singular noeaus or noeax or noiaus or noiax or noels, nominative plural noel)

1. Christmas (Christmas Day)