Yuletide

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (countable, dated, uncountable) The period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself.
  2. (countable, dated, uncountable) The period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the (northern) winter solstice, later absorbed into the festival of Christmas (but sometimes recreated by modern neo-pagans).
  3. (Australia, countable, regional, uncountable) The period of southern winter in the middle of the year, sometimes celebrated in the colder, snowy regions of Australia with allusions to Christmas, which originated as a marketing gimmick.

Concetti

Traduzioni

Χριστούγεννα

μέρες των Χριστούγεννων

époque de Noël

Noel

Yule

Christi Natalis

Kerstfeest

Frequenza

37k
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈjuːlˌtaɪd/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Though attested late (c. 1475), probably dates back to Old English *ġēoltīd (literally “Christmas season”). See there for more; equivalent to Yule + -tide.

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