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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.
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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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Word Origin & History

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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Abbreviations & Acronyms
NOEL
no observable effects level
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