carol

== English == === Etymology === 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)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹəl/ Homophone: carrel Rhymes: -æɹəl Hyphenation: car‧ol === Noun === carol (plural carols) (historical) A round dance accompanied by singing. A ballad or song of joy. (specifically) A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime. (architecture, obsolete) A small closet or enclosure built against the inner side of a window of a monastery's cloister, to sit in for study. Coordinate term: cubicle ==== Alternative forms ==== carrol, carroll (archaic) (small closet or enclosure): carrel, carrol ==== Derived terms ==== Carol Green carol-oke carol singer Christmas carol ==== Translations ==== === Verb === carol (third-person singular simple present carols, present participle (US) caroling or (UK) carolling, simple past and past participle (US) caroled or (UK) carolled) (intransitive, historical) To participate in a carol (a round dance accompanied by singing). (intransitive) To sing in a joyful manner. (intransitive) To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group. (transitive) To praise or celebrate in song. (transitive) To sing (a song) cheerfully. ==== Alternative forms ==== carrol, carroll (archaic) ===== Derived terms ===== caroler, caroller outcarol ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== wassail === Notes === === References === === Further reading === carol (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia carol (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === claro, Clora, Coral, Carlo, Alcor, coral, Claro == Venetan == === Etymology === Metathesized from earlier *cariōlu (“agent of decay”, literally “little wood thing”), from Latin caries (“decay, rot, corruption”). Compare Old Lombard carolento (“worm-eaten, carious”). === Noun === carol m (plural caroli) or carol m (plural carułi) woodworm dental caries ==== Related terms ==== carołar === References === https://www.storiapatriagenova.it/Docs/Biblioteca_Digitale/SB/e25420184d85de7e976749e9f76eb9f1/Estratti/6a56094857b849941f40034313d4a2b4.pdf#:~:text=11,em%20laedi%20%C2%BB%20illu%20strata