Noel

See also noel, noël, Noël, and NOEL

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Noël

Etymology 1

From Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: nōel', IPA: /nəʊˈɛl/, X-SAMPA: /n@U"El/

Proper noun

Noel

1. (literary or old-fashioned) Christmas.

Translations

(literary or old-fashioned) Christmas

• Russian: Рождество (ru) (Rozhdestvo) n 

Etymology 2

From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: nō'(ə)l, IPA: /ˈnəʊ(ə)l/, X-SAMPA: /"n@U(@)l/

Proper noun

Noel

1. A male given name.
   • 2009 Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs, Faber and Faber, ISBN 978-0-571-24946-6, page 162:

     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."

2. A female given name.
3. A patronymic surname.

Related terms

• Noele
• Noela
• Noeleen
• Noelle
• Noëlle

Translations

male given name

• French: Noël (fr)
• Irish: Nollaig (ga)

• Swedish: Noel (sv)

Anagrams

• enol, leno, Leon, León, lone, nole, one L

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Old French

Etymology

Latin natālis (“of or relating to birth”).

Noun

Noel m (oblique plural Noés, nominative singular Noés, nominative plural Noel)

1. Christmas

Descendants

• English: Noel (borrowed)
• French: noël

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Swedish

Etymology

From English Noel and French Noël. In general use among Swedish-speakers since about 2000.

Proper noun

Noel

1. A male given name.

References

• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån : 3552 males with the given name Noel living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the highest frequency so far in 2010 . Accessed on 17 September 2011.

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Turkish

Etymology

From French noël.

Proper noun

Noel

1. Christmas (Christian holiday)