English

Alternative forms

• Noël

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nōel', IPA^(key): /nəʊˈɛl/

Proper noun

Noel

1. (literary or old-fashioned) Christmas.

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nō'(ə)l, IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊ(ə)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​.
4. A city in Missouri.
5. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Related terms

• Noele
• Noela
• Noeleen
• Noelle
• Noëlle

Translations

Anagrams

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

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

Noel 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 (borrowed)
• French: noël

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

• 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.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French noël.

Proper noun

Noel

1. Christmas (Christian holiday)

English

Alternative forms

• noël
• nowell
• nowel

Noun

noel ‎(plural noels)

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

Anagrams

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

Old French

Noun

noel 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)