noel
/nəʊˈɛl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from French.
name
A female given name from French.
name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
name
A city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States.
name
A community in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
noun
A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
Example Sentences
- "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.""
- "Former Harvard professor and communist Noel Ignatiev, who co-founded the New Abolitionist Society and founded a journal called Race Traitor, named after a book he coauthored in the mid-1990s, famously advocated for the complete abolition of the white race […] Note a certain coyness about whether this destruction refers to only a white race category or to all white-skinned people."
- "The first Nowell the Angel did say / Was to three poor Shepherds in the fields as they lay[…]"
- "And may all my enemies go to hell! / Noël! Noël! Noël! Noël!"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /nəʊˈɛl/