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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yule

/jul/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
yule
IPA
/jul/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ).

name

A pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples, or a modern reconstruction of this holiday celebrated by neo-pagans.

name

A surname.

intj

A proclamation of joy at Christmas.

Obsolete

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Yule.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English yol, youle, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), either cognate with or from Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis); see also Old English ġēola and Old Norse ýlir.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: yol, ġeōl, *jehwlą

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /jul/
  • British English: /juːl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Yules (plural)

Derived Forms

Yulefest Yuletide

Phrases

Yule cat Yule lad Yule log Yule tree Yule wreath a Christian festival occurring near Yule

Frequently Paired Words

Yuill Yuille jolly blót Sabbat Christmas a Christian festival occurring near Yule Paganmas

Synonyms

christmas christmastide christmastime yuletide noel

Homonyms

you'll (most accents)

Rhymes With

school home-school old-school you'll cool rule pool tool fool istanbul abdul stool

Questions

How do you pronounce yule?
The recorded pronunciation is /jul/.
What does yule mean?
Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ).
Where does yule come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce yule

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