yule
UK/juːl/
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British/jʉwl/
yule is the alternative letter-case form of Yule.
Proper noun capitalized: Yule
Yule (plural Yules)
- Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ).
- 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.
- A surname.
Interjection capitalized: Yule
- A proclamation of joy at Christmas.
- In the Countrey churches, at Christmas in the Holy-daies after Prayers, they will dance in the Church, and as they doe dance, they cry (or sing) Yole, Yole, Yole etc.1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 5
Forms of yule
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Origin of yule
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.
Words formed from yule
Phrases with yule
Words that rhyme with yule
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- ghoul
- spool
- doole
- pule
- buhl
- huemul
- Juul
- misrule
- poule
- rocking stool
- you'll
- 6-2-1 rule
- adverse interest rule
- aemule
- babul
- befool
- bool
- cagoule
- crool
- emule
- firefighter's rule
- gigajoule
- grool
- gule
- hool
- hydrocool
- joule
- kewl
- kilojoule
- megajoule
- mewl
- pasta fazool
- petajoule
- retool
- shul
- snool
- sool
- terajoule
- torchecul
- tulle
- uncool
- yottajoule
Questions about yule
- What does yule mean?
- Yule means christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ).
- What is yule the alternative letter-case form of?
- Yule is the alternative letter-case form of Yule.
- What part of speech is yule?
- Yule can be a proper noun or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce yule?
- Yule is pronounced /juːl/ (UK).
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