yodel

English

WOTD – 9 April 2009

Etymology

From German jodeln.

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -əʊdəl

Verb

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

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
• Dutch: jodelen (nl)
• Esperanto: jodli
• Estonian: joodeldama
• Finnish: jodlata
• French: iodler (fr), yodler (fr), jodler (fr)
• German: jodeln (de)

  Alemannic German: joole

• Greek: λαρυγγίζω (el) (laryngízo)
• Hungarian: jódlizik (hu)
• Icelandic: jóðla
• Ido: yodlar (io)
• Irish: geoidligh
• Italian: cantare lo jodel
• Japanese: ヨーデルする (yōderu suru)
• Norwegian: jodle (no)
• Polish: jodłować (pl)
• Portuguese: cantar à tirolesa
• Russian: йодли́ровать (ru) (jodlírovatʹ)
• Spanish: cantar como los tiroleses
• Swedish: joddla (sv)

Noun

yodel (plural yodels)

1. An act of yodelling.
2. A song incorporating yodelling.

Translations

song

• Arabic: يودلية
• Bulgarian: йодел m (jodel), айларипи n (ajlaripi)
• Catalan: iòdel m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 約德爾／约德尔 (zh) (yuēdé'ěr), 約德爾唱法／约德尔唱法 (yuēdé'ěr chàngfǎ)

• Czech: jódlovačka f, jódlování n
• Danish: jodling c
• Esperanto: jodlado
• Estonian: joodeldamine, joodeldus
• Finnish: jodlaus (fi)
• French: yodel (fr) m, jodel (fr) m, iodel m
• German: Jodler (de) m, Jodeln n
• Greek: λαρυγγισμός (el) m (laryngismós)
• Hungarian: jódli (hu)
• Irish: geoidil f
• Italian: jodel (it) m, canto tirolese m
• Japanese: ヨーデル (yōderu)
• Korean: 요들 (yodeul)
• Latvian: jodelēt
• Lithuanian: jodliavimas
• Norwegian: jodling
• Polish: jodłowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: tirolesa f, canto tirolês m, iodelei m, tirolês (pt) m
• Russian: йодль (ru) m (jodlʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: jodlanje n
• Spanish: canción al estilo tirolés f, canto a la tirolesa m
• Swedish: joddling (sv) c, joddel (sv) n
• Vietnamese: hát yodel

See also

• yodelayheehoo

Anagrams

• Doyel, Doyle, odyle, yodle