Noel

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

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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From Middle English Nowel, borrowed from Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Doublet of natal.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: No‧el

Proper noun

Noel

  1. (literary or old-fashioned) Christmas.
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Noel

  1. A male given name from French.
    • 2009 Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, 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 from French.
  3. A patronymic surname transferred from the given name
  4. A city in Missouri.
  5. A community of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Translations

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

The given name is from English Noel.

Proper noun

Noel

  1. a male given name from Latin
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Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noel.

Middle English

Proper noun

Noel

  1. Alternative form of Nowel

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin natālis (“of or relating to 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

Descendants

  • → English: Noel
  • Middle French: Noël

Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Noel c (genitive Noels)

  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.

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French noël.

Proper noun

Noel

  1. Christmas (Christian holiday)
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