jul

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Translingual

Symbol

jul

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jirel.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Jirel terms

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Determiner

jul

1. Alternative form of julle; your (plural)

See also

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse jól, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjuˀl]
• Homophone: hjul

Noun

jul c (singular definite julen, plural indefinite jule)

1. (Christianity) Christmas (the time around 25 December)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: jul
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: jul (partially from an earlier East Nordic borrowing)
• → German: Jul
  • → Dutch: joel
  • ⇒ German: Julfest
    • → Dutch: joelfeest
• → Greenlandic: juulli

Verb

jul

1. imperative of jule

Further reading

• “jul” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “jul” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse jól.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʉːl/, /jʉːɽ/
• Homophone: hjul
• Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

Noun

jul f or m (definite singular jula or julen, indefinite plural juler, definite plural julene)

1. Christmas, also Yule

Derived terms

References

• “jul” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

As a written form borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål jul, from Danish jul, from Old East Norse iūl. Also through the spoken language as an earlier East Nordic loan. Cognate with Old West Norse jól, compare jol. Akin to English Yule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʉːl/
• Homophone: hjul

Noun

jul f (definite singular jula, indefinite plural juler, definite plural julene)

1. Synonym of jol (“Christmas; Yule”)

Derived terms

• god jul
• romjul

References

• “jul” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jȗl m (Cyrillic spelling ју̑л)

1. Alternative spelling of jȗli, the month of July

Declension

See also

• (month): Previous: jȗn. Next: avgust

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/siječanj, februar/veljača, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac ^{(Category: sh:Gregorian calendar months)}

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʉːl/
• Homophone: hjul
• Rhymes: -ʉːl

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish iūl, from Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. First attested in the late 13th century.

Cognate with English Yule, Danish jul, Estonian jõulud, Finnish joulu, Faroese jól, Icelandic jól, Norwegian jul, and Scots Yule.

Noun

jul c

1. Christmas, Yule

Declension

Derived terms

• god jul (“merry Christmas”)
• i julas (“last Christmas”)
• julafton (“Christmas Eve”)
• julbelysning (“Christmas lights”)
• julbock (“Yule goat”)
• julbord (“Christmas smorgasbord”) (see there for dishes)
• juleljus (“Christmas candle”)
• juletid (“Christmas time”)
• julfirande (“Christmas celebration”)
• julgran (“Christmas tree”)
  • julgransplundring
• julgröt (“rice pudding”)
• julgåva (“Christmas gift”)
• julklapp (“Christmas present”)
  • julklappsrim (“Christmas present rhyme”)
  • julklappsutdelning (“handing out of Christmas presents”)
• julkrubba (“nativity scene, crib, crèche”)
• julmust (“Christmas must (soft drink)”)
• julotta (“Christmas Day matins”)
• julpynt (“Christmas decorations”)
• julpynta (“decorate for Christmas”)
• julskinka (“Christmas ham”)
• julstuga
• julstämning (“Christmas mood”)
• jultomte (“Santa Claus”)
• julöl (“Christmas beer”)

See also

• Kalle Anka (“a Christmas TV special broadcast every Christmas Eve”)
• bjällerklang (“sound of jingle bells”)
• dopparedagen (“Dipping day; syn. of Christmas Eve”)
• fira (“celebrate”)
• glögg (“glogg”)
• ischoklad
• knäck
• korkek
• pepparkakshus (“gingerbread house”)
• uppesittarkväll (“pre-Christmas special broadcast on December 23”)

Etymology 2

Noun

jul c

1. July; abbreviation of juli.

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

References

• jul in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jul in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃul/

Noun

jul (nominative plural juls)

1. school

Declension

Hyponyms

• pöpajul