n. 1. Christmas. 2. noël also noel A Christmas carol. [Middle English noel, from Old French, variant of nael, from Latin nātālis (diēs), (day) of birth, from nātus, past participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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