/ˈkærəl/
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Translation
A happy religious song that people sing at Christmas.
Word origin
From Old French carole, a dance in a ring with singing; the word later came to mean the song itself.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- carole
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcarols
Examples
.
"Sing carols" is the usual verb and noun pair.
Christmas .
"Christmas carol" is the full name; carol on its own usually means the same.
singing .
"Carol singing" means going from house to house to sing carols.
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