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No⋅el

[noh-el for 1, 2; noh-uhl, nohl for 3]
–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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Abbreviations & Acronyms
NOEL
no observable effects level
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