English Dictionary

Yuletide

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈjuːlˌtaɪd/

名詞

可算名詞 古風 不可算名詞 オーストラリア英語 地域限定

(dated) The period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself.

日本語の意味

クリスマス期間 / クリスマスの時期 / クリスマス前後の季節

Many families travel home during Yuletide to celebrate with relatives.

多くの家族は、親戚と祝うためにクリスマスの季節に帰省する。

意味（1）

(dated) The period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself.

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, / Fa la la la la la la la la! / 'Tis the season to be jolly, / Fa la la la la la la la la! / Don we now our gay apparel, / Fa la la la la la la la la! / Troll the ancient yuletide carol, / Fa la la la la la la la la!

意味（2）

(dated, or Germanic Neo-Paganism) 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).

For this is the Yuletide, and the heathen people of the forest are gathered at the thunder-oak of Geismar to worship their god, Thor.

意味（3）

(Australia, regional) 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.

Note that the colder winter months (June–Aug) are the busiest season. This period is known as Yuletide—the locals' version of the Christmas period, when most places offer traditional Christmas dinners and roaring log fires.

Yuletides （ plural ）