Meaning

3 senses

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

    Julfest, Jul

    ЙольJolʹ

    ЮльJulʹ

  2. 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.

    Julfest, Jul

    ЙольJolʹ

    ЮльJulʹ

  3. A surname.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Yule is a pagan holiday.

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  2. That was the best Yule ever.

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  3. Does the Yule gnome really exist?

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  4. The ancient Goths and Saxons called this festival Yule.

    deDie alten Goten und Sachsen nannten dieses Fest das Julfest.

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  5. Tom invited me to celebrate Yule with him and his pagan friends.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the Christmas season:
Русский
By meaning 1
the Christmas season:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the Christmas season:

Origin

From Middle English yol, youle, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), either cognate

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.

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Forms

See also

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