different between carole vs carol

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.??l/

Noun

carole f (plural caroles)

1. (historical) carol (round dance accompanied by singing)

Further reading

• “carole” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

carole f

1. plural of carola

Anagrams

• calerò, calore, colare, colera, colerà, corale, creola, lacero, lacerò, locare

Middle English

Alternative forms

• carrol, caroulle, caralle, carelle, charol

Etymology

From Old French carole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?r??l(?)/, /?kar?l(?)/

Noun

carole (plural caroles)

1. carol (round dance accompanied by singing)
2. carol (kind of song)
3. circle, ring

Descendants

• English: carol
• Yola: carolès (plural)

References

• “car??le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Noun

carole f (oblique plural caroles, nominative singular carole, nominative plural caroles)

1. carol (round dance accompanied by singing)

Descendants

• French: carole
• ? Middle English: carole, carrol, caroulle, caralle, carelle, charol
  • English: carol
  • Yola: carolès (plural)

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