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# noel

«noel» in Mova's school dictionary: **Another word for Christmas, used in songs and on cards** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Noel, noels); name (Noel, Noël)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) Another word for Christmas, used in songs and on cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noel/#m1)

2) A Christmas carol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noel/#m2)

3) (a name) Noel is a name for boys, Noelle for girls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noel/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used at Christmas: «The First Noel» is a famous carol. In The Wind in the Willows the field mice sing a carol at Mole's door. In French «Noël» means Christmas.

### examples

- We sang «The First Noel» at church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noel/#x1)
- The card said «Noel» in gold letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noel/#x2)
- (French) In France people say «Joyeux Noël». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noel/#x3)
- My uncle Noel was born on Christmas Day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noel/#x4)
- The choir sang noels in the square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noel/#x5)
- Noel, Noel, born is the King of Israel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noel/#x6)

### note

From French «Noël». Often with a capital N. Do not confuse with «no».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «noel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.