carole

From Old French carole

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁɔl/

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carole f (plural caroles)

1. (historical) carol (round dance accompanied by singing)

• “carole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

carole f

1. plural of carola

• Calore, Caorle, Learco, calerò, calore, colare, colera, colerà, corale, creola, lacero, lacerò, locare

• carrol, caroulle, caralle, carelle, charol

Borrowed from Old French carole.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈroːl(ə)/, /ˈkarɔl(ə)/

carole (plural caroles)

1. carol (round dance accompanied by singing)
2. carol (kind of song)
3. circle, ring

• English: carol
• Yola: carolès (plural)

• “carō̆le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Medieval Latin choraula (“dance to the flute”).

carole oblique singular, f (oblique plural caroles, nominative singular carole, nominative plural caroles)

1. carol (round dance accompanied by singing)

• French: carole
• → Middle English: carole, carrol, caroulle, caralle, carelle, charol
  • English: carol
  • Yola: carolès (plural)