different between carl vs carol

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of churl.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??l?/

Noun

carl (plural carls)

1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
2. (Scotland, obsolete) A stingy person; a niggard.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Alternative forms

• carle

Verb

carl (third-person singular simple present carls, present participle carling, simple past and past participle carled)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
   • , New York 2001, p.210:

     […] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]

Anagrams

• ACLR, CRLA

Old English

Etymology

From Old Norse karl (Swedish karl (“man”)), from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“man, male”). Cognate with Old High German karl, karal and related to Old English ?eorl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?rl/, [k?r?l]

Noun

carl m

1. a freeman, a man of middle rank or social class (in Norse and Anglo-Saxon society)
2. (by extension) a man
3. (by extension, in compounds) a male

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English carole, from Old French carole, from Old Italian carola, from Medieval Latin choraula, a variant of choraul?s (“flute player accompanying a chorus dance”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (khoraul?s, “one who accompanies a chorus on the flute”), from ????? (khorós, “choir; dance”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *??er- (“to enclose”) or *??oros) + ????? (aulós, “flute”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h?ewlos (“tube”)). Compare chorus, terpsichorean.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæ??l/
• Rhymes: -æ??l
• Hyphenation: car?ol

Noun

carol (plural carols)

1. (historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.
2. A ballad or song of joy.
   1. (specifically) A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime.

Alternative forms

• carrol, carroll (archaic)

Translations

Verb

carol (third-person singular simple present carols, present participle (UK) carolling or (US) caroling, simple past and past participle (UK) carolled or (US) caroled)

1. (intransitive, historical) To participate in a carol (a round dance accompanied by singing).
2. (intransitive) To sing in a joyful manner.
3. (intransitive) To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.
4. (transitive) To praise or celebrate in song.
5. (transitive) To sing (a song) cheerfully.

Alternative forms

• carrol, carroll (archaic)

Derived terms

• carol singer
• caroler, caroller

Translations

See also

• wassail

Etymology 2

See carrel.

Noun

carol (plural carols)

1. (architecture) Alternative form of carrel (“small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study”).

References

Further reading

• carol (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• carol (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Carlo, Claro, Clora, Coral, claro, coral

Venetian

Noun

carol m (plural caroli) or carol m (plural caru?i)

1. woodworm
2. dental caries

Related terms

• caro?ar