Phrase guide

Yule log

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large log traditionally burned on Christmas Eve.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Christmas block, Yule block, Yule clog

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: firelog

2

noun

Meaning 2

A log-shaped Christmas sponge cake, covered in chocolate, traditionally from French-speaking countries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of Yule log.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

large log traditionally burned at Christmas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: backlog

History

Etymology

From Yule + log.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: Buzmi — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Basque: gabon-zuzi — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Basque: gabon-subil — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Basque: gabon-zuri — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Bulgarian: бъ́дник (bǎ́dnik) — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Czech: vánoční poleno — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Dutch: joelblok — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Finnish: jouluhalko — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Franco-Provençal: gachafuòc — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Galician: tizón de Nadal — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Galician: cepo de Nadal — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • German: Christklotz — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • German: Christbrand — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • German: Christblock — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • German: Weihnachtsscheit — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Icelandic: jóladrumbur — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Italian: ceppo di Natale — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Italian: ceppo natalizio — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Italian: ciocco natalizio — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Italian: ciocco di Natale — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Norwegian Bokmål: julestubbe — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Norwegian Bokmål: julekubbe — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: julekubbe — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: julestubbe — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Occitan: cachafuòc — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Occitan: cachafuec — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Occitan: cachafuèc — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Polish: polano bożonarodzeniowe — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Russian: свя́точное поле́но (svjátočnoje poléno) — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба̏дња̄к — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȁdnjāk — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Swedish: julstubbe — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Welsh: boncyff Nadolig — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Welsh: cyff Nadolig — log burned on Christmas Eve
  • Armenian: սուրբծննդյան գերան (surbcnndyan geran) — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Chinese Cantonese: 樹頭蛋糕 /树头蛋糕 (syu6 tau4 daan6 gou1) — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖誕樹幹蛋糕 /圣诞树干蛋糕 (shèngdàn shùgàn dàngāo) — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Dutch: kerststronk — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Dutch: kerstboomstam — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Dutch: kerstbuche — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Estonian: suur puuhalg — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Finnish: jouluhalko — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • French: bûche de Noël — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • French: buche de Noël — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Galician: tronco de Nadal — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • German: Bûche de Noël — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Icelandic: jóladrumbur — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Italian: tronchetto di Natale — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Japanese: ビュッシュ・ド・ノエル (byusshu do Noeru) — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Japanese: ブッシュ・ド・ノエル (busshu do Noeru) — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Korean: 뷔슈 드 노엘 (bwisyu deu No'el) — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Luxembourgish: Bûche — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: julestubbe — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: julekubbe — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: julekubbe — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: julestubbe — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Persian: بوش دو نوئل (buš do no'el) — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Polish: bûche de Noël — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Portuguese: lenha de Natal — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Portuguese: tronco de Natal — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Russian: рожде́ственское поле́но (roždéstvenskoje poléno) — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Spanish: tronco de Navidad — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Spanish: tronco navideño — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Swedish: julstubbe — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Ukrainian: бюш-де-Ное́ль (bjuš-de-Noélʹ) — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Ukrainian: різдвя́не полі́но (rizdvjáne políno) — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate
  • Vietnamese: bánh khúc cây — log-shaped cake covered in chocolate