Christmas carol

Christmas carol

English

Noun

Christmas carol (plural Christmas carols)

1. (music) A carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, or the winter season in general.
   • 1729, John Scott, The Christian life:

     So also when he was born into the World, the holy Angels came down to sing his Christmas Carol, and at once to proclaim and celebrate his Nativity.

   Synonym: noel

Translations

hymn whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas

Arabic: تَرْنِيمة عِيد اَلْمِيلَاد‎ f (tarnīma(t) ʿīd al-mīlād) Basque: Gabon kanta, Eguberri kanta Breton: nouel m Catalan: nadala (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 聖誕頌歌, 圣诞颂歌 (Shèngdàn sònggē) Czech: vánoční koleda f Danish: julesang (da) c Dutch: kerstlied (nl) n Esperanto: kristnaska kanto Estonian: jõululaul Finnish: joululaulu (fi) French: chant de Noël m, noël (fr) m Galician: panxoliña f, villancico m German: Weihnachtslied (de) n Greek: κάλαντα (el) n pl (kálanta) Greenlandic: juullisiut Hungarian: karácsonyi ének Icelandic: jólalag n

Italian: canzone natalizia f, canto natalizio m Japanese: クリスマス・キャロル (Kurisumasu-kyaroru) Korean: 크리스마스 캐럴 (Keuriseumaseu kaereol) Maltese: għanja tal-Milied Norman: cantique dé Noué m, cantique d'Noué m Northern Sami: juovlalávlla Norwegian: Bokmål: julesang m Nynorsk: julesong m Polish: kolęda (pl) f Portuguese: canção de Natal f, cântico de Natal m, cantiga de Natal f Romanian: colindă (ro) f, colind (ro) n Russian: коля́дка (ru) f (koljádka), коляда́ (ru) f (koljadá), рожде́ственская пе́сня f (roždéstvenskaja pésnja) Spanish: villancico (es) m Swedish: julsång (sv) c Ukrainian: коля́дка f (koljádka), різдвя́на пі́сня f (rizdvjána písnja) Venetian: canson nataƚisia f, canson natałisia f Walloon: tchanson d' Noyé f