English Explanatory Dictionary

yuletide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
  2. The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.
noun
  1. The period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself.
  2. The period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the (northern) winter solstice, later absorbed into the festival of Christmas (but sometimes recreated by modern neo-pagans).
  3. The period of southern winter in the middle of the year, sometimes celebrated in the colder, snowy regions of Australia with allusions to Christmas, which originated as a marketing gimmick.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-yuletide.wav /ˈjuːlˌtaɪd/ /ˈjulˌtaɪd/ en-au-Yuletide.ogg

Word forms

yuletide yuletides

Etymology

From Yule (“Germanic Winter Festival”) + -tide (“period around a festival, season”); compare Swedish juletid.

Synonyms

Christmastide sasanqua
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