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No⋅el

  [noh-el for 1, 2; noh-uhl, nohl for 3]
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–noun
1. the Christmas season; yuletide.
2. (lowercase) a Christmas song or carol.
3. a male given name.
Origin:
1805–15; < F ≪ L nātālis (diēs) birthday; see natal
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No·ël also No·el   (nō-ěl')   
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 Indo-European roots.]
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Noel

No"el\, n. [F. no["e]l, L. natalis birthday, fr. natalis natal. See Natal.] Same as Nowel.
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Language Translation for : NOEL
Spanish: Navidad,
German: das Weihnachten,
Japanese: クリスマス
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Noel 
c.1390, from M.E. nowel, from O.Fr. noel "the Christmas season," var. of nael, from L. natalis (dies) "birth (day)," in Eccles. L. in reference to the birthday of Christ, from natus, pp. of nasci "be born."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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NOEL
no observable effects level
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