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noel | x |

As a noun noel

is .

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

noel

English

(wikipedia Noel)

Alternative forms

*

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (literary, or, old-fashioned) Christmas.

    • Etymology 2

    From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 2009 , A Gate at the Stairs , Faber and Faber, ISBN 978-0-571-24946-6, page 162:
    • When Noel' came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me No''elle''," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me '''Noel''', ' Noel , the toilet bowl. Although now I have thought of painting that on the side of my van. It might be good for business? I don't know."
  • .
    • Related terms
    * Noele * Noela * Noeleen * Noelle *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----