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carol

  (kăr'əl)

1. A song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas.
2. An old round dance often accompanied by singing.

1. To sing in a loud, joyous manner.
2. To go from house to house singing Christmas songs.

1. To celebrate in or as if in song: caroling the victory.
2. To sing loudly and joyously.

[Middle English carole, round dance with singing, from Old French, probably from Late Latin choraula, choral song, from Latin choraulēs, accompanist, from Greek khoraulēs : khoros, choral dance + aulos, flute.]

verb

To utter words or sounds in musical tones: chant, sing, vocalize. Archaic tune. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

carol, a song of religious rejoicing, usually associated with Christmas or Easter in the Christian calendar. In the Middle Ages, however, a carol could be a purely secular song of love or satire. A carol in this earlier sense is a song appropriate for a round dance, composed in regular rhyming stanzas with a refrain or burden: a common form was the four‐line stanza rhyming aaab with a two‐line burden rhyming bb.

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An area in a cloister set off by screens, partitions, or railings; similar in use to a carrel.

Tutor's tip: After studying all day in the "carrel" (small cubicle used for individual study in the library), she went to the "carole" (a round dance) where they also sang a beautiful "carol" (joyous Christmas song).

Dansk (Danish)
n. - julesang, niche, lovsang, karnapbænk
v. intr. - gå fra hus til hus og synge julesange
v. tr. - lovsynge, prise med sang

Nederlands (Dutch)
kerstlied, kerstliederen zingen, vreugdevol zingen

Français (French)
n. - chant de Noël
v. intr. - chanter des chants de Noël, chanter joyeusement (littér), gazouiller, siffler (de la flûte, du piccolo)
v. tr. - chanter joyeusement, gazouiller

Deutsch (German)
n. - Weihnachtslied, fröhliches Lied
v. - Weihnachtslieder singen, fröhlich singen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θρησκευτικός ύμνος, (πληθ.) κάλαντα
v. - τραγουδώ, υμνώ, λέω τα κάλαντα

Italiano (Italian)
canzone di Natale, inno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cântico (m), gorjeio (m)
v. - cantar, gorjear

Русский (Russian)
рождественская песня

Español (Spanish)
n. - villancico
v. intr. - cantar villancicos
v. tr. - cantar villancicos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lovsång, julsång
v. - jubla, (gå runt och) sjunga julsånger, sjunga

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
颂歌, 欢乐的歌, 唱圣诞颂歌, 欢乐地歌唱, 歌颂, 欢唱

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 頌歌, 歡樂的歌
v. intr. - 唱聖誕頌歌, 歡樂地歌唱
v. tr. - 歌頌, 歡唱

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 기쁨의 노래
v. intr. - 기뻐 노래하다, 재잘거리다
v. tr. - 기뻐 노래하다, 재잘거리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 喜びの歌
v. - 楽しく歌う, 祝歌を歌う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أغنيه دينيه, ترنيمه (فعل) يغني, يغرد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיר הלל, שיר עליז, מזמור לחג-המולד‬
v. intr. - ‮הילל, זימר, שר‬
v. tr. - ‮הילל, זימר, שר‬

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