Noël

Noël

1. Alternative spelling of Noel.

• lone, Leno, leno, neol., Léon, one L, Nole, Leon, nole, Elno, elon, enol, Elon, León

Inherited from Middle French Noël, from Old French Noel, Naël, inherited from Vulgar Latin *notālis, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”) with dissimilation of the first -a- to -o-. Doublet of natal.

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.ɛl/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noël m

1. Christmas, Christmas time
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Noel

Noël f

1. (very rare) a female given name, more common in the form Noëlle

Noël m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Noël is most commonly masculine and is used without an article: Joyeux Noël. However, it is sometimes used in the feminine with the article la: à la Noël. In particular, the feminine is the most common usage in Haiti.^[1]

• Haitian Creole: Nwèl
• → Iranian Persian: نوئل (no'el)
• → Khmer: ណូអែល (nouʼael)
• → Turkish: Noel
• → Vietnamese: Nô-en

Noël

1. (obsolete) huzzah, hurrah (cry of celebration in portrayals of medieval people)
   • 1895, Aloysius Bertrand, Gaspard de la nuit p. 20:

     Le fou propose au sage des questions que celui-ci ne peut résoudre ; et tandis que la populace crie Noël ! — que les palefrois hennissent, que les limiers aboient, que les cors fanfarent, […]

     The fool asks the wise questions that he can't answer. Meanwhile, the people shout huzzah!, and the parade horses neigh, and the bloodhounds bark, and the horns sound, […]

• Noël on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “Noël”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• Léon

From Old French Noel, Naël.

Noël m (plural Noëls)

1. Christmas

• French: Noël