yodel

WOTD - 9 April 2009    

English

Etymology

From German jodeln.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈjəʊ.dəl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈjoʊ.dəl/

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• Rhymes: -əʊdəl

Verb

yodel (third-person singular simple present yodels, present participle yodelling (UK) or yodeling (US), simple past and past participle yodelled (UK) or yodeled (US))

1. (transitive and intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

Translations

to sing in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto

Czech: jódlovat (cs) Danish: jodle (da) Dutch: jodelen (nl) Finnish: jodlata (fi) French: iodler (fr) German: jodeln (de)

Icelandic: jóðla (is) Irish: geoidligh (ga) Norwegian: jodle (no) Polish: jodłować (pl) Spanish: cantar como los tiroleses Swedish: joddla (sv)

Noun

yodel (plural yodels)

1. Such a song.

Translations

song

Czech: jódlovačka (cs) f. Finnish: jodlaus (fi)

Irish: geoidil (ga) f. Spanish: canción al estilo tirolés (es) f.