carol

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• /ˈkæ.ɹəl/
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• /ˈkæɹəl/
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• General-American: /ˈkɛɹəl/
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Shortened from Caroline. Associated by folk etymology with the English noun carol.

Shortened from Latin Carolus; also an Anglicization of Romanian Carol, or Polish or Slovak Karol, all cognates of the English Charles.

The noun is derived from Middle English carole (“round dance with singing; group of people dancing and singing in a circle; song by carollers, carol; religious poem or song; circular thing; braid, chain (?); stall for study or writing; writing table”), from Old French carole (“round dance with singing”). The further etymology is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: * From Old Italian carola, or directly from its etymon Medieval Latin choraula, a variant of choraulēs (“flute player accompanying a chorus dance”), from Ancient Greek χοραυλής (khoraulḗs, “one who accompanies a chorus on the flute”), from χορός (khorós, “choir; dance”) + αὐλός (aulós, “flute”). * From Latin corōlla (“little crown, coronet; small chaplet, garland, or wreath”), from corōna (“chaplet, garland, wreath”) + -la (diminutive suffix). Corōna is borrowed from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “type of crown; curved object (door handle, tip of a bow, stern of a ship, etc.)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare chorus, terpsichorean. Noun sense 3 (“small closet or enclosure”) may refer to the fact that the item encloses or surrounds the person using it. The verb is derived from Middle English carolen (“to dance and/or sing in a round dance; to sing for (dancers in a round dance); (figurative) to spend time noisily or unprofitably”), from Old French caroler (“to sing”), from carole (noun) (see above) + -er (a variant of -ier (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs)).

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: Carole — female name
• Greek: Καρόλα (Karóla) — female name
• Russian: Кэ́рол (Kɛ́rol) — female name
• French: carole — round dance accompanied by singing
• Greek: χαρούμενο τραγούδι (charoúmeno tragoúdi) — song of joy
• Hindi: कैरल (kairal) — song of joy
• Japanese: キャロル — song of joy
• Norwegian Bokmål: carol — song of joy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: carol — song of joy
• Polish: carol — song of joy
• Polish: kolęda — song of joy
• Russian: весёлая пе́сня (vesjólaja pésnja) — song of joy
• Russian: кэрол (kɛrol) — song of joy
• Serbo-Croatian: koleda — song of joy
• Spanish: aleluya — song of joy
• Welsh: carol — song of joy
• Asturian: villancicu — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Bulgarian: коледна песен (koledna pesen) — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Catalan: nadala — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Czech: koleda — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Danish: julesang — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Danish: julesalme — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Esperanto: karolo — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Faroese: jólasongur — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Faroese: jólasálmur — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Finnish: joululaulu — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• French: chœur — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Galician: panxoliña — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• German: Weihnachtslied — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Greek: κάλαντα (kálanta) — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Kashubian: kòlãda — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Polish: kolęda — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Russian: коля́дка (koljádka) — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Russian: коляда́ (koljadá) — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Russian: хора́л (xorál) — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Serbo-Croatian: koleda — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Serbo-Croatian: коледа — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Slovak: koleda — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Lower Sorbian: gódowny spiw — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Spanish: villancico — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Ukrainian: коля́дка (koljádka) — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Vilamovian: kolaond — religious or secular song sung at Christmastime
• Kashubian: kòlãdowac — to sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group
• Polish: kolędować — to sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group
• Russian: колядова́ть (koljadovátʹ) — to sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group
• Slovak: koledovať — to sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group
• Ukrainian: колядува́ти (koljaduváty) — to sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group
• Vilamovian: kolendowan — to sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group