Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

yodel

 
Dictionary: yo·del   (yōd'l) pronunciation

v., -deled, or -delled, -del·ing, or -del·ling, -dels, or -dels.

v.intr.
To sing so that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and a falsetto.

v.tr.
To sing (a song) by yodeling.

n.
A song or cry that is yodeled.

[German jodeln, from German dialectal jo, exclamation of delight, of imitative origin.]

yodeler yo'del·er n.

Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

(Ger. jodeln)

To sing or call using a rapid alternation of vocal register. Yodelling is performed in mountainous regions (notably the European Alps) and among the forest-dwelling pygmy peoples of Africa.



 
yodel or yodle (both: yō'dəl), type of wordless singing, joyous in nature, usually associated with the Swiss. It is, in fact, practiced throughout the Alps and, as an importation, in the mountains of Kentucky. It is characterized by sudden shifts from the natural singing voice to falsetto.


Translations: Yodel
Top

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - jodle
v. tr. - jodle
n. - jodlen

Nederlands (Dutch)
jodelen, jodelroep/-lied

Français (French)
v. intr. - jodler, iodler
v. tr. - jodler, iodler
n. - hurlement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Jodelruf, Jodler
v. - jodeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τυρολέζικο τραγούδι, λαρυγγισμός
v. - τραγουδώ τυρολέζικα, με λαρυγγισμούς

Italiano (Italian)
yodel, cantare lo yodel

Português (Portuguese)
n. - canto cantado nos Alpes europeus (m)
v. - cantar de uma forma típica cantada nos Alpes europeus

Русский (Russian)
йодль (манера пения альпийских горцев), петь йодлем

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - cantar a la tirolesa
v. tr. - cantar a la tirolesa
n. - canción tirolesa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - joddlande
v. - joddla

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
用真假音变换地唱或叫喊, 岳得尔歌

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 用真假音變換地唱或叫喊
v. tr. - 用真假音變換地唱或叫喊
n. - 岳得爾歌

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 요들을 부르다, 요들창법으로 노래하다
v. tr. - 요들을 부르다, 요들창법으로 노래하다
n. - 요들(스위스 민요)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヨーデル
v. - ヨーデルを歌う, ヨーデル調で歌う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غناء بطريقه يكثر فيها تغيير الصوت من الطبقه العاديه الى العليا, غناء الجبليين في سويسرا (فعل) غنى بهذه الطريقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮יידלל, שר בצלילים ערבים לא-ברורים עם שינויים תדירים בין קול גבוה לרגיל‬
v. tr. - ‮יידלל, שר בצלילים ערבים לא-ברורים עם שינויים תדירים בין קול גבוה לרגיל‬
n. - ‮יידלול, קריאת יודל, שר בצלילים ערבים לא-ברורים עם שינויים תדירים בין קול גבוה לרגיל, סגנון זמרה של תושבי-הרים בשווייץ‬


 
 
Learn More
The Best of Frank Ifield (1991 Album by Frank Ifield)
RCA Country Legends (2002 Album by Jimmie Rodgers)
First Sessions (1991 Album by Jimmie Rodgers)

Which country do they yodel in? Read answer...
Is yodeling functional? Read answer...
Who can yodel in America? Read answer...

Help us answer these
What is a yodeler's perch?
Were does yodel come from?
Why do dogs yodel?

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Music Encyclopedia. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Music. Copyright © 1994 by Oxford University Press, Inc.. All rights reserved.  Read more
Columbia Encyclopedia. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/ Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more

 

Mentioned in