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单词 noel
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noeln.

Brit. /nəʊˈɛl/, U.S. /noʊˈɛl/
Forms: late Middle English– noel, 1800s– noël.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French noel.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French noel (French noël : see Nowell int. and n.).Attested as a surname (and male forename) in England from the 12th cent. (probably originally used for children born or baptized on Christmas day).
1. The feast of Christmas; Christmastide; = Nowell n. 1. rare.Not in standard use in English, though sometimes used in Anglicized greetings based on French models (see quot. 1953) and as an alternative spelling for Nowell (see quot. 2000).
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas > [noun]
yulea900
yule-daya900
midwinter tideeOE
midwinterOE
Christmas DayOE
ChristmasOE
good tideOE
midwinter dayOE
Christenmasc1330
nativity1389
Nowellc1400
noel1435
pacea1450
Xmas1551
yule-tide1572
Christ-tide1581
Christmastide1590
Christmastime1617
yule time1787
Xmassing1788
festive season1794
Crimbo1928
Chrissie1946
1435 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 295 (MED) To be paied by him for þe wages..fro þe feste of Seint Michel last unto Noel þanne next folowyng by a quarter.
1953 K. Tynan Let. 19 Dec. (1994) iii. 199 Thank you again, and a joyous noël.
2000 Christmas TAB: First Noel in alt.guitar.tab (Usenet newsgroup) 12 Dec. The First Noel. Note: In the chorus, finger the A* chords with fingers 2,3 & 4. It'll make those melody notes on the first string so much easier!
2. A Christmas carol.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > religious song > Christmas carol
carol1502
Christmas carol1521
yule-songa1661
noel1786
Nowell1833
wait-song1872
1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Noels, certain canticles, or songs of joy, formerly sung at Christmas in the country churches in France.
1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 462 The French Noëls will, of course, bear no comparison with those written in Italy in point of excellence.
1903 Speaker 3 Jan. 324/2 The singing of noels must be heard to be really appreciated.
1946 Trollopian 2 6 He was ahead of his age in liking the genuinely popular in music: such folk songs as Noels, ‘Aileen Aroon’, chanties of sailors and dredgers, songs of harvest home.
1980 Early Music 8 259/1 The Noël, a peculiarly French genre consisting of a series of variations on popular Christmas tunes of the day, was developed in the first half of the 18th century by Daquin and others.
2000 Columbia Encycl. (ed. 6) 8529 Carols of French origin are called noels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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